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Taxonomy
Orchestina albertensis was named by Penney (2006). Its type specimen is RTMP 96.9.627, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (TMP 96.9 accession), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.
It was recombined as Canadaorchestina albertensis by Wunderlich (2008) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
It was recombined as Canadaorchestina albertensis by Wunderlich (2008) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Orchestina albertensis Penney p. 232 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; text-fig 1 |
| 2008 | Orchestina albertensis Marusik and Wunderlich p. 67 fig. 25 |
| 2008 | Canadaorchestina albertensis Wunderlich p. 72 |
| 2013 | Canadaorchestina albertensis Dunlop et al. p. 135 |
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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.
†Canadaorchestina albertensis Penney 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: Middle Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Orchestina albertensis (type locality: 122389) |