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Megathentomum scudderi
Taxonomy
Megathentomum scudderi was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type specimen is USNM, a wing (wing fragment), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1906 | Megathentomum scudderi Handlirsch p. 322 figs. Pl XXXIII fig 16 |
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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.
†Megathentomum scudderi Handlirsch 1906
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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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) | Megathentomum pustulatum (type locality: 21981) |