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Lichnomesopsyche gloriae

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Taxonomy
Lichnomesopsyche gloriae was named by Ren et al. (2010). Its type specimen is CNU-M-NN2005020, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2005 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China. It is the type species of Lichnomesopsyche.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Ren et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Lichnomesopsyche gloriae Ren et al. p. 721 figs. Pl 1-3; text-fig 1
2016Lichnomesopsyche gloriae Lin et al. p. 3
2021Lichnomesopsyche gloriae Lian et al. p. 794 fig. 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
superfamilyMesopsychoidea
familyMesopsychidae
genusLichnomesopsyche
speciesgloriae

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.

Lichnomesopsyche gloriae Ren et al. 2010
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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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 166.10000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Lichnomesopsyche gloriae (113371 type locality: 113376)