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Megaraphidia antiquissima

Insecta - Raphidioptera - Raphidiidae

Taxonomy
Megaraphidia antiquissima was named by Archibald and Makarkin (2021). Its type specimen is RBCM P1555, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is McAbee (RBCM collection), which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large mudstone in Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Megaraphidia antiquissima Archibald and Makarkin p. 44 figs. 1, 2, 10A,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
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
orderRaphidioptera()
suborderRaphidiomorpha
—Raphidiformia
—Euraphidioptera
infraorderNeoraphidioptera
familyRaphidiidae
genusMegaraphidia
speciesantiquissima

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.

†Megaraphidia antiquissima Archibald and Makarkin 2021
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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) Megaraphidia antiquissima (type locality: 147816)