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Mezira

Insecta - Hemiptera - Aradidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Mezira Amyot and Audinet-Serville p. 305
2000Mezira Heiss
2001Mezira Heiss and Grimaldi p. 102
2006Mezira Wappler and Heiss p. 214
2015Mezira Heiss et al. p. 656

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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
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderPentatomomorphaLeston et al. 1954
superfamilyAradoidea
familyAradidae()
subfamilyMezirinaeOshanin 1908
genusMezira

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.

G. Mezira Amyot and Audinet-Serville 1843
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†Mezira crassifemur Wappler and Heiss 2006
†Mezira eckfeldensis Wappler and Heiss 2006
†Mezira eocenica Wappler and Heiss 2006
†Mezira parapetrificata Heiss et al. 2015
†Mezira petrificata Heiss et al. 2015
†Mezira scheveni Heiss 2000
†Mezira succinica Usinger 1941
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: base of the MP 13 to the top of the Langhian or 48.07000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1148.07 - 41.03Germany (Hessen) M. eocenica (125466 144629) M. parapetrificata (68475) M. petrificata (166830 173356)
MP 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) Aradidae indet. (135641 135643) M. crassifemur, Aradidae indet. (138912)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) M. succinica (124205)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic M. scheveni (124229)