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Desmatomyia scopulicornis
Taxonomy
Acreotrichites scopulicornis was named by Cockerell (1917). Its type specimen is USNM 62537, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (USNM Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
It was recombined as Desmatomyia scopulicornis by Evenhuis (1990) and Evenhuis and Greathead (1999).
It was recombined as Desmatomyia scopulicornis by Evenhuis (1990) and Evenhuis and Greathead (1999).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1917 | Acreotrichites scopulicornis Cockerell p. 376 figs. Pl 31, fig 6 |
| 1990 | Desmatomyia scopulicornis Evenhuis p. 66 |
| 1999 | Desmatomyia scopulicornis Evenhuis and Greathead |
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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.
†Desmatomyia scopulicornis Cockerell 1917
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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: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Acreotrichites scopulicornis (type locality: 124624) |