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Megarhyphus amberae

Insecta - Diptera - Anisopodidae

Taxonomy
Megarhyphus amberae was named by Krzemińska et al. (2010). Its type specimen is NHML It 28447, a wing (well preserved wing), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Brooki bed, Monmouth Beach, Lyme Regis, which is in a Turneri marine horizon in the Charmouth Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Megarhyphus amberae Krzemińska et al. pp. 693-694 figs. 1a-c

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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
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyAnisopodoidea
familyAnisopodidae
subfamilyOlbiogastrinaeHennig 1973
genusMegarhyphus
speciesamberae

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.

†Megarhyphus amberae Krzemińska et al. 2010
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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: Turneri or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turneri199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Megarhyphus amberae (type locality: 123282)