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Palaeotanypeza

Insecta - Diptera - Megamerinidae

Taxonomy
Palaeotanypeza was named by Meunier (1917). Its type is Palaeotanypeza spinosa.

It was assigned to Megamerinidae by Hennig (1965), Carpenter (1992) and Lonsdale (2020).

Species
P. spinosa (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Palaeotanypeza Meunier p. 101
1965Palaeotanypeza Hennig p. 52
1992Palaeotanypeza Carpenter
2020Palaeotanypeza Lonsdale

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
RankNameAuthor
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
—Schizophora
—AcalyptrataeMacquart 1835
superfamilyDiopsoidea
familyMegamerinidaeHendel 1913
genusPalaeotanypeza

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. †Palaeotanypeza Meunier 1917
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†Palaeotanypeza spinosa Meunier 1917
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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) P. spinosa (123929 152641)