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Sphyrotheciscus senectus
Taxonomy
Sphyrotheciscus senectus was named by Sánchez-García and Engel (2016). Its type specimen is MCNA 9311, 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 Sphyrotheciscus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Sphyrotheciscus senectus Sánchez-García and Engel p. 521 fig. 5,6 |
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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.
†Sphyrotheciscus senectus Sánchez-García and Engel 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: 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) | Arrhopalites sp. (type locality: 108769) |