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Geropteron arcuatum
Taxonomy
Geropteron arcuatum was named by Riek (1984). Its type specimen is MLP 12885, a hindwing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Malanzán, Cuesta de la Herradura, which is in a Bashkirian terrestrial horizon in the Malanzán Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Geropteron.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1984 | Geropteron arcuatum Riek p. 1155 figs. Fig 3, 17-19 |
| 1984 | Geropteron arcuatum Riek and Kukalová-Peck p. 1155 figs. Fig 3, 17-19 |
| 1989 | Geropteron arcuatum Brauckmann and Zessin p. 205 |
| 1996 | Geropteron arcuatum Brauckmann et al. p. 53 fig. 3E |
| 2016 | Geropteron arcuatum Petrulevičius and Gutiérrez p. 353 |
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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.
†Geropteron arcuatum Riek 1984
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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: Bashkirian or 323.20000 to 315.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bashkirian | Argentina (La Rioja) | Geropteron arcuatum (type locality: 108150) |