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Descangeles pygmaeus
Taxonomy
Descangeles pygmaeus was named by Wunderlich (1988). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Wunderlich collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic. It is the type species of Descangeles.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1988 | Descangeles pygmaeus Wunderlich p. 248 figs. 694-698,787 |
| 2013 | Descangeles pygmaeus Dunlop et al. p. 180 |
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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.
†Descangeles pygmaeus Wunderlich 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Descangeles pygmaeus (type locality: 146557) |