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Metacheliphlebia elongata
Taxonomy
Cheliphlebia elongata was named by Scudder (1885). It is an impression. Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Metacheliphlebia.
It was recombined as Metacheliphlebia elongata by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919) and Handlirsch (1922).
It was recombined as Metacheliphlebia elongata by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919) and Handlirsch (1922).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1885 | Cheliphlebia elongata Scudder p. 328 figs. Pl 29, fig 7 |
| 1906 | Metacheliphlebia elongata Handlirsch p. 132 figs. Pl XIII fig 19 |
| 1919 | Metacheliphlebia elongata Handlirsch p. 538 |
| 1922 | Metacheliphlebia elongata Handlirsch p. 73 |
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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.
†Metacheliphlebia elongata Scudder 1885
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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 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian D | USA (Illinois) | Cheliphlebia elongata (type locality: 21981) |