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Tanytarsus ramus

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Tanytarsus ramus was named by Giłka and Zakrzewska (2020). Its type specimen is BSIP Tad-521, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Tanytarsus ramus Giłka and Zakrzewska p. 1403 figs. 4A-F, 5A-F, 11D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
familyChironomidaeMacquart 1838
subfamilyChironominaeMacquart 1838
tribeTanytarsiniZavrel 1917
subtribeTanytarsinaZavrel 1917
genusTanytarsus
speciesramus

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.

†Tanytarsus ramus Giłka and Zakrzewska 2020
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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Gujarat) Tanytarsus ramus (type locality: 124463)