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Tanypus dorminans

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Chironomus dorminans was named by von Heyden (1870). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Rott (Krantz Bonn coll), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large shale in the Rott Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Pelopia dorminans by Statz (1944); it was recombined as Tanypus dorminans by Evenhuis (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Chironomus dorminans von Heyden p. 248 figs. Pl 44, fig 14
1944Pelopia dorminans Statz p. 127 figs. Pl I fig 3; Pl III fig 16-18
1994Tanypus dorminans Evenhuis p. 272

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
familyChironomidaeMacquart 1838
subfamilyTanypodinae
tribeTanypodini
genusTanypus
speciesdorminans()

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.

Tanypus dorminans von Heyden 1870
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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: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Chironomus dorminans (type locality: 123945)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Pelopia dorminans (122010)