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Karataoserphus sinicus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Mesoserphidae

Taxonomy
Paraulacus sinicus was named by Ping (1928). Its type specimen is NIGP 2131, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Locality 2101, Peipiao, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Haifanggou Formation of China.

It was recombined as Karataoserphus sinicus by Li et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Paraulacus sinicus Ping p. 17 figs. 4; Pl. I, fig. 5
2013Paraulacus sinicus Zhang et al. p. 33 fig. 1,2
2016Karataoserphus sinicus Li et al. p. 631 fig. 11A,B

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
infraorderProctotrupomorpha
superfamilyProctotrupoidea
familyMesoserphidae
genusKarataoserphus
speciessinicus()

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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Liaoning) Paraulacus sinicus (type locality: 156597)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Nei Mongol) Karataoserphus sinicus (123761)