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Amousus mazonus
Taxonomy
Amousus mazonus was named by Handlirsch (1911). Its type specimen is YPM 20, a hindwing (basal third), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (YPM collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Amousus.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1911 | Amousus mazonus Handlirsch p. 301 figs. Fig 4 |
1919 | Amousus mazonus Handlirsch p. 534 |
1922 | Amousus mazonus Handlirsch p. 53 |
1992 | Amousus mazonus Brauckmann and Becker p. 139 |
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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.
†Amousus mazonus Handlirsch 1911
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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: Westphalian D or 311.45000 to 306.95000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Westphalian D | USA (Illinois) | Amousus mazonus (type locality: 112630) |