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Buprestium gorgus
Taxonomy
Buprestium gorgus was named by Westwood (1854). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Middle Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1854 | Buprestium gorgus Westwood pp. 383, 394 figs. Pl 15 fig 7 |
1906 | Buprestium gorgus Handlirsch p. 561 figs. Pl XLV fig 69 |
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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.
†Buprestium gorgus Westwood 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Age range: Late/Upper Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Buprestium gorgus (type locality: 117342) |