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Praemacrochile chinensis

Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae

Taxonomy
Praemacrochile chinensis was named by Krzemiński and Ren (2001). Its type specimen is BCD 2008, an exoskeleton (well preserved only missing tip of abdomen & portions of left wing), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Praemacrochile chinensis Krzemiński and Ren p. 128 figs. Fig 1, 2
2015Praemacrochile chinensis Dong et al. p. 498 figs. 10, 11
2016Praemacrochile chinensis Skibińska p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
infraorderPsychodomorpha
superfamilyPsychodoidea
familyPsychodidae
subfamilyTanyderinaeOsten Sacken 1879
genusPraemacrochile
specieschinensis

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.

†Praemacrochile chinensis Krzemiński and Ren 2001
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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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Nei Mongol) Praemacrochile chinensis (type locality: 112663 123761)