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Chironomaptera gobiensis

Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae

Taxonomy
Chironomopsis gobiensis was named by Cockerell (1924). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mt. Uskuk, Ondai Sair (AMNH 3rd expedition), which is in an Aptian lacustrine shale in the Anda-Khuduk Formation of Mongolia.

It was recombined as Chironomaptera gobiensis by Kalugina (1980), Kalugina (1986), Borkent (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Chironomopsis gobiensis Cockerell pp. 142-143 figs. Pl II fig 6, 7
1980Chironomaptera gobiensis Kalugina fig. 1i
1986Chironomaptera gobiensis Kalugina p. 117
2014Chironomaptera gobiensis Borkent p. 483

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyCulicoidea
familyChaoboridaeEdwards 1920
genusChironomaptera
speciesgobiensis()

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.

†Chironomaptera gobiensis Cockerell 1924
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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 (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mongolia (Gobi-Altai aimak) Chironomaptera gobiensis (104055)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mongolia Chironomaptera gobiensis (105796) Chironomopsis gobiensis (138728)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mongolia (Govi-Altai) Chironomaptera gobiensis (122332 136020 136021)