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Mesoraphidia durlstonensis

Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae

Taxonomy
Mesoraphidia durlstonensis was named by Jepson et al. (2009). Its type specimen is BMB 018371/7, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Bed DB175, Swanage (BMB collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal siliciclastic in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Grimaldiraphidia durlstonensis by Bechly and Wolf-Schwenninger (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Mesoraphidia durlstonensis Jepson et al. p. 528 figs. 1-3
2011Grimaldiraphidia durlstonensis Bechly and Wolf-Schwenninger p. 234
2012Mesoraphidia durlstonensis Pérez-de la Fuente et al. p. 33
2015Mesoraphidia durlstonensis Lu et al. p. 565

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
—Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
orderRaphidioptera()
suborderRaphidiomorpha
—Raphidiformia
familyMesoraphidiidae
subfamilyMesoraphidiinae
genusMesoraphidia
speciesdurlstonensis

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.

†Mesoraphidia durlstonensis Jepson et al. 2009
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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 Berriasian or 139.10000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Mesoraphidia durlstonensis (103833 type locality: 176354)