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Megachorista

Insecta - Mecoptera - Kaltanidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Megachorista Martynova p. 81
1961Megachorista Martynova p. 512
1978Megachorista Willmann p. 7
1992Megachorista Carpenter
1997Megachorista Novokshonov p. 35

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

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.

G. †Megachorista Martynova 1958
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Megachorista basilica Martynova 1961
Megachorista gigantea Martynova 1961
Megachorista khalfini Martynova 1958
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: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 272.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation (Kemerovo) Pinnachorista gigantea (122569)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28Russian Federation M. khalfini (112715)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation (Kemerovo) Pinnachorista basilica (122566 124603)