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Ceratoxyela decorosa

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelidae

Taxonomy
Ceratoxyela decorosa was named by Zhang and Zhang (2000). Its type specimen is NIGP 131985, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan Town, NIGP collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China. It is the type species of Ceratoxyela.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Ceratoxyela decorosa Zhang and Zhang p. 483 figs. Pl 2, fig 3; text-fig 7
2010Ceratoxyela decorosa Taeger et al. p. 672

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
superfamilyXyeloidea
familyXyelidae
subfamilyMacroxyelinae
tribeAngaridyelini
genusCeratoxyela
speciesdecorosa

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.

Ceratoxyela decorosa Zhang and Zhang 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Ceratoxyela decorosa (type locality: 111725)