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Metoecus geikiei
Taxonomy
Rhipiphorus geikiei was named by Scudder (1890). Its type specimen is MCZ 4182, 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 was recombined as Macrosiagon geikei by Wickham (1920); it was recombined as Metoecus geikiei by Kaupp et al. (2001).
It was recombined as Macrosiagon geikei by Wickham (1920); it was recombined as Metoecus geikiei by Kaupp et al. (2001).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1890 | Rhipiphorus geikiei Scudder p. 482 figs. Pl 27 fig 1 |
| 1900 | Rhipiphorus geikiei Scudder p. 117 |
| 1920 | Macrosiagon geikei Wickham p. 353 |
| 2001 | Metoecus geikiei Kaupp et al. p. 183 fig. 11 |
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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.
†Metoecus geikiei Scudder 1890
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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) | Rhipiphorus geikiei (type locality: 106384) |