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Aphaena atava
Taxonomy
Aphana atava was named by Scudder (1877). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Chagrin Valley, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado.
It was recombined as Aphaena atava by Szwedo et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Aphaena atava by Szwedo et al. (2004).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1877 | Aphana atava Scudder pp. 759-760 |
| 1890 | Aphana atava Scudder p. 281 figs. Pl 5 figs 96, 97 |
| 2004 | Aphaena atava Szwedo et al. p. 51 |
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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.
†Aphaena atava Scudder 1877
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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: Bridgerian or 50.50000 to 46.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bridgerian | USA (Colorado) | Aphana atava (type locality: 121146) |