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Palaeobrachypogon vetus

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Palaeobrachypogon vetus was named by Borkent (1995). Its type specimen is CAS 1198, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (CNC June 1974 collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Palaeobrachypogon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Palaeobrachypogon vetus Borkent p. 78 fig. 16
1997Palaeobrachypogon vetus Borkent and Wirth p. 103
2013Palaeobrachypogon vetus Borkent p. 128
2018Palaeobrachypogon vetus Szadziewski p. 224
2020Palaeobrachypogon vetus Borkent and Dominiak p. 168

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyChironomoideaMacquart 1838
familyCeratopogonidae
subfamilyCeratopogoninae
tribeCeratopogonini
genusPalaeobrachypogon
speciesvetus

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.

†Palaeobrachypogon vetus Borkent 1995
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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: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Manitoba) Palaeobrachypogon vetus (122354 122356)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Palaeobrachypogon vetus (122383 type locality: 122384 122389)