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Oryctochlus vulcanus

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Oryctochlus vulcanus was named by Kalugina (1985). Its type specimen is PIN 3053/997, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Uda River (PIN collection 3053), which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian terrestrial horizon in the Uda Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Oryctochlus vulcanus Kalugina pp. 85-89 figs. 40; Pl IV fig 1-7
1993Oryctochlus vulcanus Kalugina p. 129
2024Oryctochlus vulcanus Ashe et al. p. 12

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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
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyChironomoideaMacquart 1838
familyChironomidaeMacquart 1838
subfamilyPodonominaeThienemann and Edwards 1837
genusOryctochlus
speciesvulcanus

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.

†Oryctochlus vulcanus Kalugina 1985
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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: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Tithonian or 161.50000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Russian Federation (Buryat) Oryctochlus vulcanus (type locality: 104950)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation Oryctochlus vulcanus (125408)