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Mesochorista sinuata

Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae

Taxonomy
Synorthophlebia sinuata was named by Handlirsch (1939). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.

It was recombined as Mesopanorpa sinuata by Martynova (1948) and Willmann (1978); it was recombined as Orthophlebia sinuata by Willmann (1984); it was recombined as Mesochorista sinuata by Ansorge (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Synorthophlebia sinuata Handlirsch p. 85 figs. Pl 8, fig 138
1948Mesopanorpa sinuata Martynova p. 44
1978Mesopanorpa sinuata Willmann p. 68
1984Orthophlebia sinuata Willmann p. 242
1995Mesochorista sinuata Ansorge p. 23 fig. 3,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
familyPermochoristidae
subfamilyPermochoristinaeTillyard 1917
tribeMesochoristini(Tillyard 1926)
genusMesochorista
speciessinuata()

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.

Mesochorista sinuata Handlirsch 1939
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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: 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 Synorthophlebia sinuata (type locality: 123987)