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Brevipterus megacephalus
Taxonomy
Brevipterus megacephalus was named by Yang et al. (2022). Its type specimen is MHBU BU-COL-CAN0008, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Hebei University MHBU collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2022 | Brevipterus megacephalus Yang et al. p. 613 figs. 4, S3 |
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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.
†Brevipterus megacephalus Yang et al. 2022
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Brevipterus megacephalus (type locality: 222554) |