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Megelytron robustum
Taxonomy
Megelytron robustum was named by Tillyard (1931). Its type specimen is YPM 5406, an exoskeleton (nearly complete insect), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Elmo, YPM 1921 collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1931 | Megelytron robustum Tillyard p. 247 fig. 7,8 |
| 1964 | Megelytron robustum Carpenter and Kukalová p. 193 fig. 6 |
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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.
†Megelytron robustum Tillyard 1931
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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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Artinskian | USA (Kansas) | Megelytron robustum (type locality: 111219) |