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Lithopsis fimbriata

Insecta - Hemiptera - Nogodinidae

Taxonomy
Lithopsis fimbriata was named by Scudder (1878). Its type specimen is 4185(4189), an exoskeleton (well preserved), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Petrified fish cut (Scudder collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Lithopsis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Lithopsis fimbriata Scudder p. 774
1885Lithopsis fimbriata Scudder p. 781 fig. 989
1890Lithopsis fimbriata Scudder p. 300 figs. Pl 6 figs 36, 37
2004Lithopsis fimbriata Szwedo et al. p. 95

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
—HemelytrataFallen 1829
suborderFulgoromorpha(Evans 1946)
informalEucixioidian
superfamilyFulgoroidea
familyNogodinidaeMuir 1930
genusLithopsis
speciesfimbriata

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.

†Lithopsis fimbriata Scudder 1878
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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 50.50000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Lithopsis fimbriata (138675)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Lithopsis fimbriata (121306 type locality: 121322 122090)