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Mesocolepus deflectum

Insecta - Trichoptera - Ptilocolepidae

Taxonomy
Mesocolepus deflectum was named by Melnitsky and Ivanov (2020). Its type specimen is PIN 5340/212, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Khasurty (PIN collection 5340), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Mesocolepus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Mesocolepus deflectum Melnitsky and Ivanov p. 1340 figs. 68d, 69d

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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
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Metamphiesmenoptera
—Euamphiesmenoptera
—Panendymenoptera
—Endymenoptera
—Stelloptera
orderTrichopteraKirby 1815
—Eutrichoptera
suborderIntegripalpia
superfamilyHydroptiloidea
familyPtilocolepidae(Martynov 1913)
genusMesocolepus
speciesdeflectum

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.

†Mesocolepus deflectum Melnitsky and Ivanov 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: Aptian or 121.40000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Russian Federation (Buryatia) Mesocolepus deflectum (113349 type locality: 113350)