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Geraroides maximus
Taxonomy
Dieconeura maxima was named by Melander (1903). Its type specimen is FMNH UC 9244, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (FMNH Gurley collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Geraroides.
It was recombined as Geraroides maximus by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1906) and Handlirsch (1922).
It was recombined as Geraroides maximus by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1906) and Handlirsch (1922).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1903 | Dieconeura maxima Melander p. 193 figs. Pl 6, fig 5; pl 7, figs 14-16 |
| 1906 | Geraroides maximus Handlirsch p. 149 figs. Pl XV fig 9 |
| 1922 | Geraroides maximus Handlirsch p. 86 |
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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.
†Geraroides maximus Melander 1903
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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: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian D | USA (Illinois) | Dieconeura maxima (type locality: 122521) |