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Plesiobittacus primigenius

Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae

Taxonomy
Plesiobittacus primigenius was named by Novokshonov (1997). Its type specimen is PIN 3073/359, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Sai-Sagul, Shurab III (PIN collection 3073), which is in a Toarcian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Sagul Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Plesiobittacus primigenius Novokshonov p. 119 figs. Pl 9, fig 4; text-fig 43b

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderRaptipedia
familyBittacidaeHandlirsch 1906
subfamilyPlesiobittacinae
genusPlesiobittacus
speciesprimigenius

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.

†Plesiobittacus primigenius Novokshonov 1997
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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: Toarcian or 184.20000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Kyrgyzstan (Batken) Plesiobittacus primigenius (type locality: 105003)