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Taxonomy
Wightimicropsocus inexpectatus was named by Azar (2014). Its type specimen is MNEMG 2009.84, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Thorness Bay, Bembridge Marls (MNEMG coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Wightimicropsocus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2014 | Wightimicropsocus inexpectatus Azar p. 315 figs. Pl 2, fig 12; text-fig 9C |
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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.
†Wightimicropsocus inexpectatus Azar 2014
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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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | United Kingdom (Isle of Wight) | Wightimicropsocus inexpectatus (type locality: 157666) |