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Melanothrips extincta

Insecta - Thysanoptera - Melanthripidae

Taxonomy
Melanothrips extincta was named by Scudder (1875). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Chagrin Valley, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Melanthrips extincta by Handlirsch (1907).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Melanothrips extincta Scudder p. 221
1877Melanothrips extincta Scudder p. 761
1890Melanothrips extincta Scudder p. 371 figs. Pl 5 figs 90, 91
1907Melanthrips extincta Handlirsch p. 691

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderHolothysanoptera
orderThysanopteraHaliday 1836
suborderTerebrantiaHaliday 1836
familyMelanthripidae()
genusMelanothripsHaliday 1836
speciesextincta

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.

†Melanothrips extincta Scudder 1875
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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: 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 (Colorado) Melanothrips extincta (type locality: 121146)