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Megapenthes
Taxonomy
Megapenthes was named by Kiesenwetter (1858). It is extant. It is the type genus of Megapenthini.
It was assigned to Megapenthini by Schimmel (2005), Bouchard et al. (2011), Kundrata et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Megapenthini by Schimmel (2005), Bouchard et al. (2011), Kundrata et al. (2021).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1858 | Megapenthes Kiesenwetter |
| 2005 | Megapenthes Schimmel p. 107 |
| 2011 | Megapenthes Bouchard et al. |
| 2021 | Megapenthes Kundrata et al. p. 33 |
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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.
G. Megapenthes Kiesenwetter 1858
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†Megapenthes groehni Schimmel 2005
†Megapenthes primaevus Wickham 1916
†Megapenthes voigti Schimmel 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | M. groehni, M. voigti (110735) M. voigti (173102) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | M. primaevus (106380 106384) |