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Megachorista basilica

Insecta - Mecoptera - Kaltanidae

Taxonomy
Pinnachorista basilica was named by Martynova (1961). Its type specimen is PIN 676/580b, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Suriekova I, ditch 6 (PIN collection 676), which is in a Wordian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Kazankovo-Markinskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Megachorista basilica by Novokshonov (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Pinnachorista basilica Martynova p. 512 figs. 455-458
1978Pinnachorista basilica Willmann p. 8
1997Megachorista basilica Novokshonov p. 35 fig. 10c,d

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
familyKaltanidae
genusMegachorista
speciesbasilica()

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.

†Megachorista basilica Martynova 1961
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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: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation (Kemerovo) Pinnachorista basilica (type locality: 122566 124603)