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Atopderma elliptum
Taxonomy
Atopderma ellipta was named by Zhao et al. (2010). Its type specimen is CNU-DER-NN2008007, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2008 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
It was corrected as Atopderma elliptum by Xiong et al. (2021).
It was corrected as Atopderma elliptum by Xiong et al. (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2010 | Atopderma ellipta Zhao et al. p. 460 figs. 1-3 |
| 2021 | Atopderma elliptum Xiong et al. p. 336 |
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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.
†Atopderma elliptum Zhao et al. 2010
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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 | |||||
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Callovian - Oxfordian | China (Nei Mongol) | Atopderma ellipta (type locality: 113362) |