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Megapenthes primaevus
Taxonomy
Megapenthes primaevus was named by Wickham (1916). Its type specimen is MCZ 2750, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1916 | Megapenthes primaevus Wickham p. 511 figs. Pl 4, fig 2 |
| 2021 | Megapenthes primaevus 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.
†Megapenthes primaevus Wickham 1916
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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: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Megapenthes primaevus (106380 type locality: 106384) |