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Micropresbyteria caputipressa
Taxonomy
Micropresbyteria caputipressa was named by Liu and Engel (2007). Its type specimen is RTMP 96.9.170, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (TMP 96.9 accession), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Micropresbyteria.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Micropresbyteria caputipressa Liu and Engel p. 16 fig. 9,10 |
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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.
†Micropresbyteria caputipressa Liu and Engel 2007
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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: Middle Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Micropresbyteria caputipressa (type locality: 122389) |