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Taxonomy
Pterostigma nigrum was named by Scudder (1890). Its type specimen is 6090, 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 Anconatus niger by Heie (1967) and Heie and Wegierek (2011).
It was recombined as Anconatus niger by Heie (1967) and Heie and Wegierek (2011).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1890 | Pterostigma nigrum Scudder p. 275 |
1894 | Pterostigma nigrum Scudder p. 356 figs. Pl 104, fig 6; pl 106, fig 17 |
1967 | Anconatus niger Heie p. 221 |
2011 | Anconatus niger Heie and Wegierek p. 21 |
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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.
†Anconatus niger 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) | Pterostigma nigrum (type locality: 106384) |