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Lithochrysa wickhami
Taxonomy
Palaeochrysa wickhami was named by Cockerell (1914). Its type specimen is MCZ 3350, an exoskeleton (fairly complete body with wings), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Wilson Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large horizon in the Florissant Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Lithochrysa.
It was recombined as Lithochrysa wickhami by Carpenter (1935), Archibald and Makarkin (2017) and Makarkin et al. (2022).
It was recombined as Lithochrysa wickhami by Carpenter (1935), Archibald and Makarkin (2017) and Makarkin et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1914 | Palaeochrysa wickhami Cockerell p. 717 fig. 3 |
| 1935 | Lithochrysa wickhami Carpenter p. 265 fig. 4 |
| 1967 | Palaeochrysa wickhami Adams p. 231 |
| 2017 | Lithochrysa wickhami Archibald and Makarkin p. 399 fig. 1C |
| 2022 | Lithochrysa wickhami Makarkin et al. p. 320 fig. 14 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Lithochrysa wickhami Cockerell 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Palaeochrysa wickhami (113749) |