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Thimna defossa

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Taxonomy
Sciophila defossa was named by Brodie (1845). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck, which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Thimna defossa by Giebel (1856), Handlirsch (1906), Johannsen (1909), Oliveira and Amorim (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Sciophila defossa Brodie pp. 34, 121 figs. Pl 3, fig 12
1856Thimna defossa Giebel p. 235
1906Thimna defossa Handlirsch p. 628 figs. Pl LI fig 1
1909Thimna defossa Johannsen p. 85
2021Thimna defossa Oliveira and Amorim p. 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familyMycetophilidae
genusThimna
speciesdefossa()

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.

†Thimna defossa Brodie 1845
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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: Middle Berriasian or 141.00000 to 139.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1United Kingdom (England) Sciophila defossa (type locality: 104008)