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Mesoraphidia daohugouensis

Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae

Taxonomy
Mesoraphidia daohugouensis was named by Lu et al. (2015). Its type specimen is CNU-RAP-NN-2015001, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2015 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Mesoraphidia daohugouensis Lu et al. p. 561 figs. 1-11
2017Mesoraphidia daohugouensis Lyu et al. p. 404 fig. 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
orderRaphidioptera()
suborderRaphidiomorpha
Raphidiformia
familyMesoraphidiidae
subfamilyMesoraphidiinae
genusMesoraphidia
speciesdaohugouensis

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.

Mesoraphidia daohugouensis Lu et al. 2015
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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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 166.10000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Mesoraphidia daohugouensis (type locality: 172659 183155)