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Metopiosa fossiliata
Taxonomy
Metopiosa fossiliata was named by Khalaim (2008). Its type specimen is PIN 3429/892, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bolshaya Svetlovodnaya, Biamo, layer 5 (PIN collection 3429), which is in a Priabonian lacustrine diatomite in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Metopiosa.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2008 | Metopiosa fossiliata Khalaim p. 109 figs. Pl 2, figs 3,4; text-fig 5 |
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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.
†Metopiosa fossiliata Khalaim 2008
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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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Primorskiy) | Metopiosa fossiliata (type locality: 172679) |