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Mycetophila confusa

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Taxonomy
Mycetophila confusa was named by Theobald (1937). Its type specimen is Coll Inst. Geol. Lyon A 18, an exoskeleton (well preserved), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Inst. Geol. Lyon), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Mycetophila confusa Theobald p. 326 figs. Pl XXI fig 18
2021Mycetophila confusa Oliveira and Amorim p. 106

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familyMycetophilidae
subfamilyMycetophilinae
tribeMycetophilini
genusMycetophila
speciesconfusa

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.

Mycetophila confusa Theobald 1937
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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: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Mycetophila confusa (122487 type locality: 122488)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Mycetophila confusa (122501)