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Megachorista khalfini

Insecta - Mecoptera - Kaltanidae

Taxonomy
Megachorista khalfini was named by Martynova (1958). Its type specimen is PIN 969/1, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Uskatskiy deposit, well 128, core 294 (PIN collection 969), which is in a Roadian/Wordian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Megachorista.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Megachorista khalfini Martynova p. 81 fig. 13
1961Megachorista khalfini Martynova p. 514 figs. Pl 37, fig 247; text-fig 459
1978Megachorista khalfini Willmann p. 8
1997Megachorista khalfini Novokshonov p. 35 fig. 10b

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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
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
familyKaltanidae
genusMegachorista
specieskhalfini

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.

†Megachorista khalfini Martynova 1958
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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: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 274.40000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Russian Federation Megachorista khalfini (type locality: 112715)