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Platycleis speciosa
Taxonomy
Decticus speciosus was named by Heer (1864). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.
It was recombined as Drymadusa speciosa by Scudder (1895); it was recombined as Platycleis speciosa by Zeuner (1939).
It was recombined as Drymadusa speciosa by Scudder (1895); it was recombined as Platycleis speciosa by Zeuner (1939).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1864 | Decticus speciosus Heer p. 366 fig. 222 |
| 1895 | Drymadusa speciosa Scudder p. 118 |
| 1907 | Decticus speciosus Handlirsch p. 682 |
| 1939 | Platycleis speciosa Zeuner p. 250 figs. Pl 44, fig 6; pl 66, fig 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.
†Platycleis speciosa Heer 1864
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder | |||||
| Reference: Tillyard 1921 | |||||