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Dicranomyia rostrata

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Taxonomy
Dicranomyia rostrata was named by Scudder (1877). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Fossil Cañon, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Utah.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Dicranomyia rostrata Scudder p. 749
1877Tipula decrepita Scudder p. 752
1890Dicranomyia rostrata Scudder p. 571 figs. Pl 5 figs 40, 41, 63, 64
1890Tipula decrepita Scudder p. 576 figs. Pl 5 figs 56, 57
1894Dicranomyia rostrata Scudder p. 201

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyLimoniidae
subfamilyLimoniinae
genusDicranomyia
speciesrostrata

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.

†Dicranomyia rostrata Scudder 1877
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Invalid names: Tipula decrepita Scudder 1877 [synonym]
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 50.30000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Utah) Dicranomyia rostrata, Tipula decrepita (type locality: 121147)