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Ancylochira eocaenica
Taxonomy
Ancylochira eocaenica was named by Meunier (1921). Its type specimen is 937, an exoskeleton (complete beetle), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Museum Darmstadt Collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.
It was recombined as Macropunctum eocaenicum by Tröster (1991), Wappler (2003) and Kundrata et al. (2021).
It was recombined as Macropunctum eocaenicum by Tröster (1991), Wappler (2003) and Kundrata et al. (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1921 | Ancylochira eocaenica Meunier p. 7 figs. 1-2 |
| 1991 | Macropunctum eocaenicum Tröster p. 102 figs. 2, 3 |
| 2003 | Macropunctum eocaenicum Wappler p. 89 figs. Pl 10 fig e |
| 2021 | Macropunctum eocaenicum Kundrata et al. p. 10 |
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†Ancylochira eocaenica Meunier 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available