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Laurentiptera gallica

Insecta - Mecoptera - Liassophilidae

Taxonomy
Pseudodiptera gallica was named by Laurentiaux and Grauvogel (1953). Its type specimen is IGULP 7888, an exoskeleton (poorly preserved body & well preserved pair of wings), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Vilsberg, which is in an Aegean delta plain claystone/siltstone in the Grès à Voltzia Formation of France. It is the type species of Laurentiptera, Pseudodiptera.

It was recombined as Laurentiptera gallica by Willmann (1978) and Krzemiński and Krzemińska (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Pseudodiptera gallica Laurentiaux and Grauvogel p. 488 fig. 80
1978Laurentiptera gallica Willmann p. 61
1996Laurentiptera gallica Krzemiński and Krzemińska pp. 270-272 figs. 1-14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderParatrichoptera()
familyLiassophilidae
genusLaurentiptera
speciesgallica()

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.

Laurentiptera gallica Laurentiaux and Grauvogel 1953
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Diagnosis
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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: Aegean or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean247.2 - 242.0France Laurentiptera gallica (107682) Pseudodiptera gallica (type locality: 107681)