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Tanypus palaemon

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Chironomus palaemon 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 palaemon by Statz (1944); it was recombined as Tanypus palaemon by Evenhuis (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Chironomus palaemon von Heyden p. 249 figs. Pl 44, fig 16
1944Pelopia palaemon Statz pp. 130-131 figs. Pl V fig 33-34
1994Tanypus palaemon Evenhuis p. 273

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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
speciespalaemon()

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 palaemon 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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

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 palaemon (type locality: 123945)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Pelopia palaemon (122010)