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Liaobittacus longantennatus

Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae

Taxonomy
Liaobittacus longantennatus was named by Ren (1993). Its type specimen is GMCB L91001, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Haifanggou, Beipiao City (GMCB collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian terrestrial mudstone in the Haifanggou Formation of China. It is the type species of Liaobittacus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Liaobittacus longantennatus Ren p. 377 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; text-fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderRaptipedia
familyBittacidaeHandlirsch 1906
genusLiaobittacus
specieslongantennatus

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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Liaoning) Liaobittacus longantennatus (type locality: 107004)