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Nyktalos vigil
Taxonomy
Nyctophylax vigil was named by Scudder (1890). Its type specimen is MCZ 1130, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
It was recombined as Nyktalos vigil by Szwedo et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Nyktalos vigil by Szwedo et al. (2004).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1890 | Nyctophylax vigil Scudder p. 280 figs. Pl 19 fig 8 |
2004 | Nyktalos vigil Szwedo et al. p. 54 |
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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.
†Nyktalos vigil Scudder 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available