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Zophepyris alavaensis
Taxonomy
Lancepyris alavaensis was named by Ortega-Blanco and Engel (2013). Its type specimen is MCNA 9759, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop I, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Zophepyris.
It was recombined as Zophepyris alavaensis by Engel et al. (2016) and Azevedo et al. (2018).
It was recombined as Zophepyris alavaensis by Engel et al. (2016) and Azevedo et al. (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2013 | Lancepyris alavaensis Ortega-Blanco and Engel p. 266 figs. 1, 2A |
| 2016 | Zophepyris alavaensis Engel et al. p. 8 |
| 2018 | Zophepyris alavaensis Azevedo et al. p. 261 |
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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.
†Zophepyris alavaensis Ortega-Blanco and Engel 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 105.30000 to 99.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Albian | Spain (Álava) | Lancepyris alavaensis (type locality: 108769) |