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Protapiocera megista
Taxonomy
Protapiocera megista was named by Ren (1998). Its type specimen is GMCB LB97002, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Near Chaomidian Village (GMC Beijing coll), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China. It is the type species of Protapiocera.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1998 | Protapiocera megista Ren p. 76 figs. 17,18; pl 3, figs 1,2; pl 4, fig 2 |
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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.
†Protapiocera megista Ren 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Liaoning) | Protapiocera megista (type locality: 138436) |