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Palaeocentron krzeminskii

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Palaeocentron krzeminskii was named by Giłka et al. (2021). Its type specimen is ISEA MP/4020, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber (ISEA Krakow collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Palaeocentron.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Palaeocentron krzeminskii Giłka et al. p. 883 figs. 4A,B, 5A,B, 6A-G, 7A-G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
familyChironomidaeMacquart 1838
subfamilyChironominaeMacquart 1838
tribePseudochironominiSaether 1977
genusPalaeocentron
specieskrzeminskii

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.

†Palaeocentron krzeminskii Giłka et al. 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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Palaeocentron krzeminskii (type locality: 187929)