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Taxopsis motschulskyi
Taxonomy
Cupes motschulskyi was named by Kirejtshuk (2005). Its type specimen is PIN 363/130, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Yantarnyi village (PIN collection 363), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Taxopsis.
It was recombined as Taxopsis motschulskyi by Kirejtshuk et al. (2016), Kirejtshuk (2020).
It was recombined as Taxopsis motschulskyi by Kirejtshuk et al. (2016), Kirejtshuk (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2005 | Cupes motschulskyi Kirejtshuk p. 64 fig. 12,13 |
| 2016 | Taxopsis motschulskyi Kirejtshuk et al. p. 128 |
| 2020 | Taxopsis motschulskyi Kirejtshuk p. 70 |
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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.
†Taxopsis motschulskyi Kirejtshuk 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Cupes motschulskyi (type locality: 120610 123420) |