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Rhagio primaevus

Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae

Taxonomy
Rhagio primaevus was named by Théobald (1937). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Inst. Geol. Montpellier coll), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Rhagio primaevus Théobald p. 167 figs. Pl 1, fig 7; text-fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Homeodactyla
infraorderTabanomorphaHennig 1948
familyRhagionidae()
subfamilyRhagioninae
genusRhagio
speciesprimaevus

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.

†Rhagio primaevus Théobald 1937
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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: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Rhagio primaevus (type locality: 138838)