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Paroecanthus caucasicus
Taxonomy
Paroecanthus caucasicus was named by Sharov (1968). Its type specimen is PIN 254/2577, a forewing (male forewing without small parts of apex & base), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Vishnevaya Balka creek, Karagan, Stavropol (PIN collection 254), which is in a Miocene lacustrine shale in the Karagan Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Paroecanthus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1968 | Paroecanthus caucasicus Sharov p. 184 figs. Fig 30 C |
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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.
†Paroecanthus caucasicus Sharov 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Reference: Tillyard 1921 | |||||
Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene | Russian Federation | Paroecanthus caucasicus (type locality: 105571) |