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Mesotrichocera laiyangensis

Insecta - Diptera - Trichoceridae

Taxonomy
Mesotrichocera laiyangensis was named by Hong and Wang (1990). It is not extant. Its type locality is 84GT1, west Tuanwang Village, Laiyang City, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Laiyang Formation of China. It is the type species of Mesotrichocera.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Mesotrichocera laiyangensis Hong and Wang p. 121 figs. Pl 22, fig 1; text-fig 6.5.87
1994Mesotrichocera laiyangensis Evenhuis

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
familyTrichoceridae
genusMesotrichocera
specieslaiyangensis

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.

Mesotrichocera laiyangensis Hong and Wang 1990
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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: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Shandong) Mesotrichocera laiyangensis (type locality: 154887)