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Taxonomy
Dixa priscula was named by Cockerell (1921). Its type specimen is NHMUK In.24345, a wing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Hooley coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was considered a nomen dubium by Greenwalt and Moulton (2016); it was recombined as Dixella priscula by Lukashevich (2019).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Greenwalt and Moulton (2016); it was recombined as Dixella priscula by Lukashevich (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1921 | Dixa priscula Cockerell p. 466 fig. 26 |
| 2019 | Dixella priscula Lukashevich p. 521 figs. Pl 5i-k; text-figs 51-54 |
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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.
†Dixella priscula Cockerell 1921
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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: 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 | United Kingdom (England) | Dixa priscula (type locality: 123960) Dixella priscula (21976) |