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Tethepomima holomma

Insecta - Diptera - Tethepomyiidae

Taxonomy
Tethepomima holomma was named by Grimaldi and Arillo (2008). Its type specimen is MCNA 9915, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop I, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Tethepomima.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Tethepomima holomma Grimaldi and Arillo p. 261 fig. 3,4
2016Tethepomima holomma Grimaldi and Barden p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
superfamilyArchisargoidea
familyTethepomyiidae
genusTethepomima
speciesholomma

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.

†Tethepomima holomma Grimaldi and Arillo 2008
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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: Late/Upper Albian or 105.30000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain (Álava) Tethepomima holomma (type locality: 108769)