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Taxonomy
Microvelia grimaldii was named by Andersen (2001). Its type specimen is AMNH DR-14-1202, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Microvelia grimaldii Andersen p. 420 figs. 11-13 |
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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.
†Microvelia grimaldii Andersen 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
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 | Microvelia grimaldii (type locality: 122982) |