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Mesotipula (Irenatipula) sigmoidea

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Taxonomy
Mesotipula (Mesotipula) sigmoidea was named by Lukashevich (2009). Its type specimen is PIN 4270/2096, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Shar-Teg, outcrop 423/6 (PIN collection 4270), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - large claystone in the Sharteg Formation of Mongolia.

It was recombined as Mesotipula (Irenatipula) sigmoidea by Kopeć et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Mesotipula (Mesotipula) sigmoidea Lukashevich p. 138 figs. 4A, 5A
2015Mesotipula (Mesotipula) sigmoidea Gao et al. p. 1790
2020Mesotipula (Irenatipula) sigmoidea Kopeć et al. p. 4 fig. 3B

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyLimoniidae
subfamilyArchitipulinae()
genusMesotipula
subgenusIrenatipula
speciessigmoidea()

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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Tithonian or 149.20000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Mongolia Mesotipula sigmoidea (104748 type locality: 121394)