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Orthophlebia elenae

Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae

Taxonomy
Orthophlebia elenae was named by Willmann and Novokshonov (1998). Its type specimen is PIN 2997/2814, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2997), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

It was recombined as Orthophlebia (Dolichophlebia) elenae by Hong and Zhang (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Orthophlebia elenae Willmann and Novokshonov p. 284 figs. 1-14
2007Orthophlebia (Dolichophlebia) elenae Hong and Zhang p. 31
2021Orthophlebia elenae Zhang et al. p. 3 figs. 2c,d, 3e,f, 6b,h, S2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderOpisthogonopora
—Panorpomorpha
—Panorpina
—Panorpini
superfamilyPanorpoidea
familyOrthophlebiidae()
subfamilyOrthophlebiinae
genusOrthophlebia
specieselenae

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.

†Orthophlebia elenae Willmann and Novokshonov 1998
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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 (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Orthophlebia elenae (type locality: 105426 105971 122330)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Orthophlebia elenae (113360 123761 183155 211893)