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Eorpa ypsipeda

Insecta - Mecoptera - Eorpidae

Taxonomy
Eorpa ypsipeda was named by Archibald et al. (2013). Its type specimen is 2003.2.6-CDM-030, a wing (forewing overlapping a hind wing with the second hind wing preserved nearby), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is McAbee (CDM collection), which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large mudstone in Canada. It is the type species of Eorpa.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2013-07-13

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Eorpa ypsipeda Archibald et al. p. 678 figs. 1-10

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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
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderOpisthogonopora
—Panorpomorpha
—Panorpina
—Panorpini
superfamilyPanorpoidea
familyEorpidae
genusEorpa
speciesypsipeda

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.

†Eorpa ypsipeda Archibald et al. 2013
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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Washington) Eorpa ypsipeda (103206 147822)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) Eorpa ypsipeda (103205 144345 type locality: 144347 147813)