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Mesocephus
Taxonomy
Mesocephus was named by Rasnitsyn (1968). Its type is Mesocephus sibiricus.
It was assigned to Cephinae by Taeger et al. (2010); and to Cephidae by Rasnitsyn (1968), Carpenter (1992), Archibald and Rasnitsyn (2015), Kopylov and Rasnitsyn (2016).
It was assigned to Cephinae by Taeger et al. (2010); and to Cephidae by Rasnitsyn (1968), Carpenter (1992), Archibald and Rasnitsyn (2015), Kopylov and Rasnitsyn (2016).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1968 | Mesocephus Rasnitsyn p. 196 |
| 1992 | Mesocephus Carpenter |
| 2010 | Mesocephus Taeger et al. p. 50 |
| 2015 | Mesocephus Archibald and Rasnitsyn p. 210 |
| 2016 | Mesocephus Kopylov and Rasnitsyn p. 79 |
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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.
G. †Mesocephus Rasnitsyn 1968
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†Mesocephus brachycerus Kopylov and Rasnitsyn 2016
†Mesocephus leleji Kopylov and Rasnitsyn 2016
†Mesocephus sibiricus Rasnitsyn 1968
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 Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 121.40000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aptian | Russian Federation (Buryatia) | M. sibiricus (105536) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Russian Federation (Tenkinskii) | M. leleji, M. brachycerus (105375) |