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Orthophlebia elongata

Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae

Taxonomy
Orthophlebia elongata was named by Handlirsch (1939). Its type specimen is GPI EMAU 123/55, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mesopanorpa brodiei by Martynova (1948); it was recombined as Mesopanorpa elongata by Willmann (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Orthophlebia elongata Handlirsch p. 81 figs. Pl 7 fig 127
1978Mesopanorpa elongata Willmann p. 66
1996Orthophlebia elongata Ansorge p. 72 figs. 56; Pl 11 fig 3
2018Orthophlebia elongata Kopeć et al. p. 165 fig. 3

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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
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderOpisthogonopora
Panorpomorpha
Panorpina
Panorpini
superfamilyPanorpoidea
familyOrthophlebiidae()
subfamilyOrthophlebiinae
genusOrthophlebia
specieselongata

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.

Orthophlebia elongata Handlirsch 1939
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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: Early/Lower Toarcian or 184.20000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Orthophlebia elongata (114993)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany Orthophlebia elongata (type locality: 123987)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Germany Orthophlebia elongata (192037)