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Microntos philadilphiaensis

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Taxonomy
Microntos philadilphiaensis was named by Kaddumi (2005). Its type specimen is ERMNH 277, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Jordanian Amber (Kaddumi ERMNH collection), which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in Jordan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Microntos philadilphiaensis Kaddumi p. 55
2007Microntos philadilphiaensis Kaddumi p. 81 figs. 58-60
2021Microntos philadilphiaensis Oliveira and Amorim p. 107

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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
superfamilySciaroidea
familyMycetophilidae
genusMicrontosKaddumi 2005
speciesphiladilphiaensisKaddumi 2005

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: Albian or 113.20000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5Jordan Microntos philadilphiaensis (type locality: 124847)