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Tipula florissanta

Insecta - Diptera - Tipulidae

Taxonomy
Tipula florissanta was named by Scudder (1894). It is a compression fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Tipula florissanta Scudder p. 227 figs. Pl 5, fig 2; pl 6, figs 4,5; pl 7, fig 1
1949Tipula florissanta Melander p. 6 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyTipulidae()
subfamilyTipulinae
genusTipula
speciesflorissanta

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.

†Tipula florissanta Scudder 1894
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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 Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Tipula florissanta (34966 106379 106381 106384 122975)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Tipula florissanta (122093)