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Olbiogaster simplex

Insecta - Diptera - Anisopodidae

Taxonomy
Eothereva simplex was named by Cockerell (1921). Its type specimen is USNM 66573, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Roan Mountain (Scudder Coll), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Olbiogaster simplex by Cockerell (1924), Edwards (1928), Evenhuis (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Eothereva simplex Cockerell p. 251 figs. Pl 35, fig 4
1924Olbiogaster simplex Cockerell p. 30
1928Olbiogaster simplex Edwards p. 23
1994Olbiogaster simplex Evenhuis p. 205

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyAnisopodoidea
familyAnisopodidae
subfamilyOlbiogastrinaeHennig 1973
genusOlbiogasterOsten-Sacken 1886
speciessimplex()

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.

†Olbiogaster simplex Cockerell 1921
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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: Bridgerian or 50.50000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Eothereva simplex (type locality: 114681)