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Mesocupes primitivus
Taxonomy
Mesocupes primitivus was named by Martynov (1926). Its type specimen is PIN 2452/682, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Galkino, East Karatau (PIN collection 965), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Mesocupes, Mesocupes (Mesocupes).
It was recombined as Mesocupes (Mesocupes) primitivus by Kirejtshuk et al. (2016).
It was recombined as Mesocupes (Mesocupes) primitivus by Kirejtshuk et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1926 | Mesocupes primitivus Martynov pp. 6-7 figs. 3-4; Pl 1 fig1 |
| 1964 | Mesocupes primitivus Ponomarenko p. 58 figs. 4 a; Pl VI, fig. 10 |
| 2016 | Mesocupes (Mesocupes) primitivus Kirejtshuk et al. p. 81 figs. 1-4 |
| 2020 | Mesocupes primitivus Kirejtshuk p. 69 |
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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.
†Mesocupes primitivus Martynov 1926
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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 | |||||