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Asilus palaeolestes

Insecta - Diptera - Asilidae

Taxonomy
Asilus palaeolestes was named by Cockerell (1921). Its type specimen is USNM 66922, an exoskeleton (female), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is White River (Scudder collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Utah.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. ignotatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Asilus palaeolestes Cockerell p. 31

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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
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
superfamilyAsiloidea
familyAsilidae()
subfamilyAsilinae
tribeAsilini
genusAsilus
speciespalaeolestes

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.

†Asilus palaeolestes 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: Bridgerian or 51.10000 to 45.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Utah) Asilus palaeolestes (type locality: 116369)