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Urochela melaina
Taxonomy
Urochela melaina was named by Zhang (1989). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 79/80 (Beijing Museum), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Urochela melaina Zhang p. 85 figs. Pl 18, fig 1; text-fig 67 |
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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.
†Urochela melaina Zhang 1989
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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: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Urochela melaina (type locality: 128550) |