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Xeroptera obtusata
Taxonomy
Xeroptera obtusata was named by Bolton (1922). Its type specimen is British Museum, Johnson Collection, I. 1558, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Coseley, near Dudley (Johnson coll), which is in a Westphalian B interdistributary bay shale in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Xeroptera.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1922 | Xeroptera obtusata Bolton p. 85 figs. Pl 5, fig, 5; text-fig 26 |
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†Xeroptera obtusata Bolton 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder | |||||
| Reference: Tillyard 1921 | |||||
Age range: Westphalian B or 316.90000 to 314.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian B | United Kingdom (England) | Xeroptera obtusata (type locality: 125238) |