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Mesostenus modestus
Taxonomy
Mesostenus modestus was named by Brues (1906). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant, Station 11, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1906 | Mesostenus modestus Brues p. 492 |
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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.
†Mesostenus modestus Brues 1906
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
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) | Mesostenus modestus (type locality: 122975) |