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Melanopelta antiqua
Taxonomy
Melanopelta antiqua was named by Shishkin (1967). Its type specimen is PIN 1584/7, a set of postcrania (Fragment of interclavicle), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yarenga River, PIN 1584, which is in an Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Yarenskian Formation of the Russian Federation.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1967 | Melanopelta antiqua Shishkin |
| 2014 | Melanopelta antiqua Schoch and Milner p. 108 |
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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.
†Melanopelta antiqua Shishkin 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004 | |||||
Age range: Olenekian or 251.20000 to 247.20000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Olenekian | Russian Federation (Kirov) | Melanopelta antiqua (93104) | |
| Olenekian | Russian Federation (Arkhangel'sk) | Melanopelta antiqua (type locality: 189566) | |
| Olenekian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | Melanopelta antiqua (93205) |