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Penthetria alderensis

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Penthetria alderensis was named by Lewis (1971). Its type specimen is John Alley coll. 6-114, an exoskeleton (body & wings), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Ruby River Site 6, which is in a Whitneyan lacustrine - large shale in the Renova Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Penthetria alderensis Lewis p. 1466 fig. 2C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyBibionoidea
familyBibionidae
subfamilyHesperininae(Walker 1848)
genusPenthetria
speciesalderensis

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.

†Penthetria alderensis Lewis 1971
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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: Whitneyan or 33.30000 to 30.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Montana) Penthetria alderensis (type locality: 120622)