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Florissantoraphidia funerata

Insecta - Raphidioptera - Raphidiidae

Taxonomy
Raphidia funerata was named by Engel (2003). Its type specimen is NHM In. 26922, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (BMNH Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Florissantoraphidia.

It was recombined as Florissantoraphidia funerata by Makarkin and Archibald (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Raphidia funerata Engel p. 124
2014Florissantoraphidia funerata Makarkin and Archibald p. 434 fig. 21,22

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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
—Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
orderRaphidioptera()
suborderRaphidiomorpha
—Raphidiformia
—Euraphidioptera
infraorderNeoraphidioptera
familyRaphidiidae
genusFlorissantoraphidia
speciesfunerata()

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.

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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: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Raphidia funerata (type locality: 124680)