Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Plecia woodruffi

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Plecia woodruffi was named by Cockerell (1916). Its type specimen is USNM 61455, a wing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Evacuation Creek, near Ute Station, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Plecia woodruffi Cockerell p. 89

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyBibionoidea
familyBibionidae
subfamilyPleciinaeDuda 1930
genusPleciaWiedemann 1823
specieswoodruffi

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.

†Plecia woodruffi Cockerell 1916
show all | hide all
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: Bridgerian or 50.30000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Utah) Plecia woodruffi (type locality: 124691)