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Ovalofemora monstruosa
Taxonomy
Mesithone monstruosa was named by Khramov (2013). Its type specimen is PIN 2066/1119, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2066), which is in a Kimmeridgian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
It was recombined as Karataumantispa monstruosa by Jepson (2015); it was recombined as Ovalofemora monstruosa by Jepson et al. (2018).
It was recombined as Karataumantispa monstruosa by Jepson (2015); it was recombined as Ovalofemora monstruosa by Jepson et al. (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2013 | Mesithone monstruosa Khramov p. 224 figs. 5-11 |
| 2015 | Karataumantispa monstruosa Jepson p. 426 fig. 3C |
| 2018 | Ovalofemora monstruosa Jepson et al. p. 570 fig. 3C,G |
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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.
†Ovalofemora monstruosa Khramov 2013
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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: Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 149.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kimmeridgian | Kazakhstan | Mesithone monstruosa (type locality: 105971) |