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Xenoptera riojaensis
Taxonomy
Xenoptera riojaensis was named by Pinto (1986). Its type specimen is PZ inv. 19890, an exoskeleton (poorly preserved body and 3 wings), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Malanzán, Cuesta de la Herradura, which is in a Bashkirian terrestrial horizon in the Malanzán Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Xenoptera.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Xenoptera riojaensis Pinto pp. 25-26 figs. Pl I; Pl II |
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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.
†Xenoptera riojaensis Pinto 1986
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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: Bashkirian or 323.40000 to 315.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bashkirian | Argentina (La Rioja) | Xenoptera riojaensis (type locality: 108150) |