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Megadytes (Paramegadytes) glaucus
Taxonomy
Dytiscus glaucus was named by Brullé (1837). It is extant. It is the type species of Megadytes (Paramegadytes).
It was recombined as Megadytes (Paramegadytes) glaucus by Nilsson (2001) and Ramírez and Michat (2016).
It was recombined as Megadytes (Paramegadytes) glaucus by Nilsson (2001) and Ramírez and Michat (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1837 | Dytiscus glaucus Brullé p. 46 figs. Pl 4, fig 7 |
| 2001 | Megadytes (Paramegadytes) glaucus Nilsson |
| 2016 | Megadytes (Paramegadytes) glaucus Ramírez and Michat p. 514 fig. 1 |
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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.
Megadytes (Paramegadytes) glaucus Brullé 1837
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Megadytes glaucus (184124) |