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Dilophus idanos

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Dilophus idanos was named by Fitzgerald and Greenwalt (2022). Its type specimen is USNM 624840, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Dakin site, Middle Fork Flathead River (Kishenehn), which is in a Lutetian lacustrine - large shale in the Kishenehn Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Dilophus idanos Fitzgerald and Greenwalt p. 6 figs. 2-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyBibionoidea
familyBibionidae
subfamilyBibioninae
tribeDilophini
genusDilophus
speciesidanos

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.

†Dilophus idanos Fitzgerald and Greenwalt 2022
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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: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Montana) Dilophus idanos (type locality: 135666)