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Eurodoliopteryx inexpectatus

Insecta - Diptera - Mythicomyiidae

Taxonomy
Eurodoliopteryx inexpectatus was named by Nel (2006). Its type specimen is MNHN LQ 193, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Rivecourt, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France. It is the type species of Eurodoliopteryx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Eurodoliopteryx inexpectatus Nel pp. 112-113 figs. 7-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
superfamilyAsiloidea
familyMythicomyiidaeMelander 1902
subfamilyGlabellulinaeCockerell 1914
genusEurodoliopteryx
speciesinexpectatus

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.

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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Eurodoliopteryx inexpectatus (type locality: 123421 123850)