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Bibio sadoensis

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Bibio sadoensis was named by Fujiyama (1985). Its type specimen is NSM-PA12383, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Seki, Sado Island, which is in a Miocene terrestrial siliciclastic in the Masaragawa Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Bibio sadoensis Fujiyama p. 51 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-10; text-figs 21,22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
RankNameAuthor
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyBibionoidea
familyBibionidae
subfamilyBibioninae
tribeBibionini
subtribeBibionina
genusBibio
speciessadoensis

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.

†Bibio sadoensis Fujiyama 1985
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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 Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan Bibio sadoensis (type locality: 114003)