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Toarciconiopteryx dipterosimilis

Insecta - Neuroptera - Coniopterygidae

Taxonomy
Toarciconiopteryx dipterosimilis was named by Makarkin and Ansorge (2024). Its type specimen is LGA 2752, a hindwing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Klein Lehmhagen pit, Grimmen (LGA collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore shale in Germany. It is the type species of Toarciconiopteryx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Toarciconiopteryx dipterosimilis Makarkin and Ansorge p. 107 figs. 2, 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
—Metaxyneuroptera
—Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
superfamilyConiopterygoidea
familyConiopterygidae
subfamilyToarciconiopteryginae
genusToarciconiopteryx
speciesdipterosimilis

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.

†Toarciconiopteryx dipterosimilis Makarkin and Ansorge 2024
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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 Toarcian or 183.00000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Toarciconiopteryx dipterosimilis (type locality: 114993)