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Paraprefica major

Taxonomy
Paraprefica major was named by Mayr (1999). Its type specimen is SMNS 81654, a partial skeleton (skull and both wings), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Messel, which is in a MP 11 lacustrine shale in the Messel Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Paraprefica major Mayr p. 529 fig. 12
2002Paraprefica major Mlikovsky p. 200

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RankNameAuthor
—StrisoresBaird 1858
genusParaprefica
RankNameAuthor
speciesmajor

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.

†Paraprefica major Mayr 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: MP 11 or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1148.07 - 41.03Germany (Hessen) Paraprefica major (type locality: 22701)