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Ctenophlebia tongchuanensis

Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae

Taxonomy
Ctenophlebia tongchuanensis was named by Hong (2009). Its type specimen is TH99-1/1044, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Tongchuan, which is in a Longobardian lacustrine mudstone in the Yanchang Formation of China. It is the type species of Ctenophlebia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Ctenophlebia tongchuanensis Hong p. 425 figs. 5-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderRaptipedia
familyBittacidaeHandlirsch 1906
subfamilyNeorthophlebiinae()
genusCtenophlebia
speciestongchuanensis

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.

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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: Longobardian or 242.00000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0China (Shaanxi) Ctenophlebia tongchuanensis (type locality: 117138)