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Prochoristella shuangyangensis

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Taxonomy
Prochoristella shuangyangensis was named by Lian et al. (2020). Its type specimen is NIGP173909, a hindwing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is South Mine of Bamianshi Coal Mine, Shuangyang District, which is in a Jurassic fluvial-lacustrine siltstone in the Xiaofengmidingzi Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Prochoristella shuangyangensis Lian et al. p. 575 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
superfamilyMesopsychoidea
familyMesopsychidae
genusProchoristella
speciesshuangyangensis

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.

Prochoristella shuangyangensis Lian et al. 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: Early/Lower Jurassic or 201.40000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7China (Jilin) Prochoristella shuangyangensis (type locality: 228881)