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Taxonomy
Cacalydus lapsus was named by Scudder (1890). Its type specimen is PU 1.508, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (former Princeton collection), which is in an Eocene lacustrine - large shale/volcaniclastic in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1890 | Cacalydus lapsus Scudder p. 419 figs. Pl 25 fig 12 |
1977 | Cacalydus lapsus Štys and Říha p. 181 |
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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.
†Cacalydus lapsus Scudder 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available