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Metaraphidia vahldieki

Insecta - Raphidioptera - Metaraphidiidae

Taxonomy
Metaraphidia vahldieki was named by Willmann (1994). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Schandelah (Vahldiek coll), which is in a Toarcian offshore shale in the Posidonia Shale Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Metaraphidia vahldieki Willmann p. 174 figs. 4a-c
2002Metaraphidia vahldieki Engel p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
orderRaphidioptera()
suborderRaphidiomorpha
—Raphidiformia
—Euraphidioptera
familyMetaraphidiidae
genusMetaraphidia
speciesvahldieki

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.

†Metaraphidia vahldieki Willmann 1994
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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: Early/Lower Toarcian or 183.00000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Niedersachsen) Metaraphidia vahldieki (type locality: 139222)