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Cretoxyla

Insecta - Diptera - Xylomyidae

Taxonomy
Cretoxyla was named by Grimaldi and Cumming (2011). Its type is Cretoxyla azari.

It was assigned to Xylomyidae by Grimaldi and Cumming (2011).

Species
C. azari (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Cretoxyla Grimaldi and Cumming p. 299

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Homeodactyla
infraorderStratiomyomorpha
familyXylomyidaeVerrall 1909
genusCretoxyla

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.

G. †Cretoxyla Grimaldi and Cumming 2011
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†Cretoxyla azari Grimaldi and Cumming 2011
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: Early/Lower Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Lebanon C. azari (122471)