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Acericecis chaneyi

Insecta - Diptera - Cecidomyiidae

Taxonomy
Cecidomyia chaneyi was named by Cockerell (1927). It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Loc 3930, John Day series, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine shale in the John Day Formation of Oregon.

It was recombined as Acericecis chaneyi by Gagné and Jaschhof (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Cecidomyia chaneyi Cockerell p. 64
2014Acericecis chaneyi Gagné and Jaschhof p. 91

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familyCecidomyiidae
subfamilyCecidomyiinae
—LasiopteridiRubsaamen and Hedicke 1926
genusAcericecisGagne 1983
specieschaneyi()

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.

†Acericecis chaneyi Cockerell 1927
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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: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Oregon) Cecidomyia chaneyi (type locality: 117158)