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Penthetria beskonakensis

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Penthetria beskonakensis was named by Skartveit and Nel (2012). Its type specimen is MNHN BK 223 8C, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bes-Konak, which is in an Aquitanian lacustrine - large diatomite in Turkey.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Penthetria beskonakensis Skartveit and Nel p. 58 figs. 21-28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyBibionoidea
familyBibionidae
subfamilyHesperininae(Walker 1848)
genusPenthetria
speciesbeskonakensis

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.

†Penthetria beskonakensis Skartveit and Nel 2012
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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: Aquitanian or 23.03000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Turkey Penthetria beskonakensis (type locality: 123307)