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Mesophthirus engeli
Taxonomy
Mesophthirus engeli was named by Gao et al. (2019). Its type specimen is CNU-MA2016009, a nymph, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Mesophthirus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2019 | Mesophthirus engeli Gao et al. p. 2 figs. 1-3, S1, S2 |
| 2021 | Mesophthirus engeli Grimaldi and Vea p. 1 figs. 1d-f |
| 2022 | Mesophthirus engeli Gao et al. p. 335 figs. 1-3 |
| 2022 | Mesophthirus engeli Shcherbakov p. 343 figs. 1-3 |
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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.
†Mesophthirus engeli Gao et al. 2019
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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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Mesophthirus engeli (type locality: 165561) |