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Notocupes laetus
Taxonomy
Tetraphalerus laetus was named by Lin (1976). Its type specimen is NIGP 20113, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is AAI50, Changbodianzi, Shangyuan, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Jianshangou Formation of China.
It was recombined as Zygadenia laeta by Kirejtshuk (2020); it was recombined as Notocupes laetus by Strelnikova and Yan (2023) and Strelnikova and Yan (2023).
It was recombined as Zygadenia laeta by Kirejtshuk (2020); it was recombined as Notocupes laetus by Strelnikova and Yan (2023) and Strelnikova and Yan (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Tetraphalerus laetus Lin pp. 112-113 figs. Pl II fig 4 |
| 1980 | Tetraphalerus laetus Wang p. 151 figs. Pl 70, fig 7 |
| 1992 | Tetraphalerus laetus Lin p. 423 figs. Pl 162, figs 1-3; pl 165, fig 5 |
| 2020 | Zygadenia laeta Kirejtshuk p. 45 |
| 2023 | Notocupes laetus Strelnikova and Yan p. 18 |
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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.
†Notocupes laetus Lin 1976
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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: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Aptian or 130.00000 to 113.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Liaoning) | Tetraphalerus laetus (type locality: 146276) | |
| Aptian | China (Jilin) | Tetraphalerus laetus (172390) |