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Plectropterna elegans
Taxonomy
Plectropterna elegans was named by Hitchcock (1889) [Named by E. Hitchcock in this paper.]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Mt. Holyoke Cabinet 53, 91, 242 (destroyed), a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Wethersfield tracksite, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine shale/sandstone in the Portland Formation of Connecticut.
It was recombined as Tarsoplectrus elegans by Lull (1904).
It was recombined as Tarsoplectrus elegans by Lull (1904).
Synonymy list
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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.
†Plectropterna elegans Hitchcock 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available