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Taxonomy
Megistocera gurnetensis was named by Cockerell (1921). Its type specimen is BMNH In. 17090, a wing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Brachypremna gurnetensis by Krzemiński (1996), Krzemiński (2019).
It was recombined as Brachypremna gurnetensis by Krzemiński (1996), Krzemiński (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1921 | Megistocera gurnetensis Cockerell p. 456 fig. 3 |
| 1996 | Brachypremna gurnetensis Krzemiński p. 276 fig. 3 |
| 2019 | Brachypremna gurnetensis Krzemiński p. 498 figs. Pl 1a; text-fig 1 |
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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.
†Brachypremna gurnetensis Cockerell 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Megistocera gurnetensis (type locality: 21976) |