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Paradzickia morwen

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Discussion

E t y m o l o g y. After the character in the books of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Taxonomy
Paradzickia morwen was named by Blagoderov (1998). Its type specimen is PIN 3559/4376, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 74/6), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Paradzickia morwen Blagoderov pp. 602-603 figs. 2a; Pl 4 fig 6
2021Paradzickia morwen Oliveira and Amorim p. 103

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familyMycetophilidae
subfamilyGnoristinae(Edwards 1925)
genusParadzickia
speciesmorwen

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.

†Paradzickia morwen Blagoderov 1998
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Aptian or 121.40000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mongolia Paradzickia morwen (type locality: 129999)