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Nomochirus sampelayoi

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Nomochirus sampelayoi was named by Gil Collado (1926). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is La Rinconada, Ribesalbes (IGE collection), which is in a Miocene lacustrine - large shale in Spain. It is the type species of Nomochirus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Nomochirus sampelayoi Gil Collado p. 94 figs. Pls 1-3; text-figs 1-5

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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
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyChironomoideaMacquart 1838
familyChironomidaeMacquart 1838
genusNomochirus
speciessampelayoi

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.

†Nomochirus sampelayoi Gil Collado 1926
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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 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Spain (Castellon) Nomochirus sampelayoi (122583 type locality: 152716)