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Gigaphlebia riccardii

Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae

Taxonomy
Orthophlebia riccardii was named by Petrulevičius and Ren (2012). Its type specimen is CNU-MEC-NN2011001, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2011 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Jiulongshan Formation of China. It is the type species of Gigaphlebia.

It was recombined as Gigaphlebia riccardii by Soszyńska-Maj and Krzemiński (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Orthophlebia riccardii Petrulevičius and Ren p. 311 figs. 1-3
2018Gigaphlebia riccardii Soszyńska-Maj and Krzemiński p. 89 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderOpisthogonopora
—Panorpomorpha
—Panorpina
—Panorpini
superfamilyPanorpoidea
familyOrthophlebiidae()
subfamilyGigaphlebiinae
genusGigaphlebia
speciesriccardii()

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.

†Gigaphlebia riccardii Petrulevičius and Ren 2012
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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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Nei Mongol) Orthophlebia riccardii (type locality: 117610)