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Cretolimonia popovi

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Taxonomy
Cretolimonia popovi was named by Kalugina (1986). Its type specimen is PIN 3149/1517, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Gurvan-Ereny-Nuruu (Outcrop 236/29), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale/sandstone in the Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Cretolimonia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Cretolimonia popovi Kalugina p. 115 figs. 87; Pl XII fig 3
1994Cretolimonia popovi Evenhuis
2015Cretolimonia popovi Gao et al. p. 1790

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyLimoniidae
subfamilyArchitipulinae()
genusCretolimonia
speciespopovi

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.

Cretolimonia popovi Kalugina 1986
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mongolia (Kobdo aimak) Cretolimonia popovi (104054)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mongolia (Govi-Altai) Cretolimonia popovi (type locality: 122332)