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Decoribittacus stictus

Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae

Taxonomy
Decoribittacus stictus was named by Li and Ren (2009). Its type specimen is CNU-MEC-NN2007006, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2007 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Decoribittacus stictus Li and Ren p. 562 figs. 6, 11, 12

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

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.

†Decoribittacus stictus Li and Ren 2009
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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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 166.10000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Decoribittacus stictus (type locality: 112664)