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Scalaeoptera recta
Taxonomy
Scalaeoptera recta was named by Bolton (1922). Its type specimen is BMNH I. 13878, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Coseley, near Dudley (Neil coll), which is in a Westphalian B interdistributary bay siliciclastic in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Scalaeoptera.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1922 | Scalaeoptera recta Bolton p. 88 figs. Pl 6, fig 1; text-fig 27 |
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†Scalaeoptera recta Bolton 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| 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 (Staffordshire) | Scalaeoptera recta (type locality: 34935) |