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Pesarinia rara
Taxonomy
Mesolyda rara was named by Hong (1983). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Xiaofanzhangzi, collection H8017, Chengde City, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Jiulongshan Formation of China. It is the type species of Mesolyda, Pesarinia.
It was recombined as Pesarinia rara by Pagliano and Scaramozzino (1990), Nel (2004) and Taeger et al. (2010).
It was recombined as Pesarinia rara by Pagliano and Scaramozzino (1990), Nel (2004) and Taeger et al. (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1983 | Mesolyda rara Hong p. 139 figs. Pl 26, fig 4; text-fig 131 |
| 1990 | Pesarinia rara Pagliano and Scaramozzino |
| 2004 | Pesarinia rara Nel p. 266 |
| 2010 | Pesarinia rara Taeger et al. p. 683 |
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†Pesarinia rara Hong 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available