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Palaeometa opertanea
Taxonomy
Theridium opertaneum was named by Scudder (1890). Its type specimen is 13521, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Palaeometa.
It was recombined as Palaeometa opertanea by Petrunkevitch (1922) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
It was recombined as Palaeometa opertanea by Petrunkevitch (1922) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1890 | Theridium opertaneum Scudder p. 73 figs. Pl II fig 3 |
| 1922 | Palaeometa opertanea Petrunkevitch p. 255 |
| 2013 | Palaeometa opertanea Dunlop et al. p. 159 |
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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.
†Palaeometa opertanea Scudder 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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) | Theridium opertaneum (106384) |