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Mesoptilus carpenteri
Taxonomy
Mesoptilus carpenteri was named by Guan et al. (2016). Its type specimen is MCZ 11253, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Elmo, MCZ post-1950 collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Mesoptilus carpenteri Guan et al. p. 77 fig. 4 |
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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.
†Mesoptilus carpenteri Guan et al. 2016
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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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Artinskian | USA (Kansas) | Mesoptilus carpenteri (type locality: 114450) |