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Syntemna fissurata

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Taxonomy
Syntemna fissurata was named by Blagoderov and Grimaldi (2004). Its type specimen is TMP P83.15.3.8, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (TMP coll), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Syntemna fissurata Blagoderov and Grimaldi p. 32 figs. 39,40; pl 4C
2021Syntemna fissurata Oliveira and Amorim p. 100

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familyMycetophilidae
subfamilySciophilinae
genusSyntemna
speciesfissurata

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.

†Syntemna fissurata Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004
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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: Middle Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Syntemna fissurata (type locality: 34896)