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Grassyaphis pikei
Taxonomy
Grassyaphis pikei was named by Heie (1996). Its type specimen is RTMP E-5, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (TMP coll), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Grassyaphis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1996 | Grassyaphis pikei Heie p. 101 fig. 3 |
| 2011 | Grassyaphis pikei Heie and Wegierek p. 39 |
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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.
†Grassyaphis pikei Heie 1996
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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: Middle Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Grassyaphis pikei (type locality: 34896) |