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Protodilophus semispinosus

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Protodilophus semispinosus was named by Skartveit (2023). Its type specimen is JS-Burmite 046/SDEI-Amb-002531, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Skartveit/SDEI collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Protodilophus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Protodilophus semispinosus Skartveit p. 552 figs. 6-9

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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
genusProtodilophus
speciessemispinosus

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.

†Protodilophus semispinosus Skartveit 2023
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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 Protodilophus semispinosus (type locality: 133102)