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Palaeoplatyura eocenica

Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoplatyura eocenica was named by Cockerell (1921). Its type specimen is USNM 66548, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is USGS 17-3; Smith's Ranch, in the vicinity of Cathedral Bluffs, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Palaeoplatyura eocenica Cockerell p. 248 figs. Pl 32, fig 1
2006Palaeoplatyura eocenica Evenhuis p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familyKeroplatidaeRondani 1856
genusPalaeoplatyura
specieseocenica

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.

†Palaeoplatyura eocenica Cockerell 1921
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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Colorado) Palaeoplatyura eocenica (type locality: 105005)