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Mesolobites punctatoides
Taxonomy
Polysitum punctatoides was named by Lin (1986). Its type specimen is NIGP 70066, an elytra, and it is an impression. Its type locality is KHG 77, Chengtanjiang section, Liuyang City, which is in a Rhaetian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Sanqiutang Formation of China.
It was recombined as Lobites punctatoides by Ponomarenko et al. (2012); it was recombined as Mesolobites punctatoides by Clapham (2023).
It was recombined as Lobites punctatoides by Ponomarenko et al. (2012); it was recombined as Mesolobites punctatoides by Clapham (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Polysitum punctatoides Lin p. 74 figs. Pl 16, fig 4; text-fig 70 |
| 2012 | Lobites punctatoides Ponomarenko et al. p. 486 figs. Pl 2, fig G; text-fig 3B |
| 2023 | Mesolobites punctatoides Clapham |
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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.
†Mesolobites punctatoides Lin 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||