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Sphaeropsocites lebanensis
Taxonomy
Sphaeropsocites lebanensis was named by Grimaldi and Engel (2006). Its type specimen is AMNH JS284, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Jezzine (AMNH collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon. It is the type species of Sphaeropsocites.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Sphaeropsocites lebanensis Grimaldi and Engel p. 12 fig. 2e,6 |
| 2013 | Sphaeropsocites lebanensis Mockford et al. p. 17 |
| 2024 | Sphaeropsocites lebanensis Hakim and Azar p. 170 fig. 3F |
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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.
†Sphaeropsocites lebanensis Grimaldi and Engel 2006
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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 Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Barremian | Lebanon | Sphaeropsocites lebanensis (type locality: 122359) |