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Pterotella formosa
Taxonomy
Pterotella formosa was named by Wegierek (1991). Its type specimen is PIN 4307/42, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Khotont locality (PIN collection 4307), which is in an Aptian lacustrine horizon in the Hotont Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Pterotella.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1991 | Pterotella formosa Wegierek p. 81 fig. 2,4 |
| 2011 | Pterotella formosa Heie and Wegierek p. 54 |
| 2014 | Pterotella formosa Żyła et al. p. 513 fig. 5 |
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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.
†Pterotella formosa Wegierek 1991
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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 | |||||
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Aptian | Mongolia (Ara-Hangayn aymag) | Pterotella formosa (type locality: 123464) |