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Cretodinapsis caucasica

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megalyridae

Taxonomy
Cretodinapsis caucasica was named by Rasnitsyn (1977). Its type specimen is PIN 3517/6, an exoskeleton (complete wasp), and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Agdzhakend amber, Tsimkhadzor site (PIN collection 3517), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Azerbaijan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Cretodinapsis caucasica Rasnitsyn p. 355 fig. 7
1987Cretodinapsis caucasica Spahr p. 67

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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
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
superfamilyMegalyroidea
familyMegalyridae
subfamilyMegalyrinae
tribeMegalyrini
genusCretodinapsis
speciescaucasica

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.

†Cretodinapsis caucasica Rasnitsyn 1977
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Azerbaijan Cretodinapsis caucasica (type locality: 123531)