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Prosphyracephala rubiensis

Insecta - Diptera - Diopsidae

Taxonomy
Prosphyracephala rubiensis was named by Lewis (1971). Its type specimen is John Alley collection RR 6-390, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Ruby River Site 6, which is in a Whitneyan lacustrine - large shale in the Renova Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Prosphyracephala rubiensis Lewis p. 959 fig. 1
2020Prosphyracephala rubiensis Lonsdale

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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
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
—Schizophora
—AcalyptrataeMacquart 1835
superfamilyDiopsoidea
familyDiopsidae()
subfamilyDiopsinae
genusProsphyracephala
speciesrubiensis

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: Whitneyan or 33.30000 to 30.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Montana) Prosphyracephala rubiensis (type locality: 120622)