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Tarantogus

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Taxonomy
Tarantogus was named by Sukatsheva (1985). Its type is Tarantogus opiparus.

It was assigned to Mesopsychidae by Sukatsheva (1985).

Species
T. obscurus, T. opiparus (type species), T. sibiricus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Tarantogus Sukatsheva p. 113

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
superfamilyMesopsychoidea
familyMesopsychidae
genusTarantogus

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. †Tarantogus Sukatsheva 1985
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†Tarantogus obscurus Sukatsheva 1985
†Tarantogus opiparus Sukatsheva 1985
†Tarantogus sibiricus Novokshonov 1997
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: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Bathonian or 170.30000 to 166.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) T. opiparus, T. obscurus, T. sibiricus (118010)