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Macropunctum messelense
Taxonomy
Macropunctum messelensis was named by Tröster (1991). Its type specimen is SMF MeI 2392, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit, grid square E11, 5.06-5.71 m below alpha, which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.
It was corrected as Macropunctum messelense by Wappler (2003), Kundrata et al. (2020) and Kundrata et al. (2021).
It was corrected as Macropunctum messelense by Wappler (2003), Kundrata et al. (2020) and Kundrata et al. (2021).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1991 | Macropunctum messelensis Tröster p. 106 figs. 4-7 |
2003 | Macropunctum messelense Wappler p. 89 figs. Pl 10 fig c |
2020 | Macropunctum messelense Kundrata et al. p. 5 |
2021 | Macropunctum messelense Kundrata et al. p. 11 |
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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.
†Macropunctum messelense Tröster 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Age range: MP 13 or 48.60000 to 40.40000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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MP 11 | Germany (Hessen) | Macropunctum messelensis (139217 139219 162178 162179 162180 162181 162182 163336) | |
MP 13 | Germany (Eifel) | Macropunctum messelense (24201) |