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Kovalevisargus brachypterus

Insecta - Diptera - Kovalevisargidae

Taxonomy
Kovalevisargus brachypterus was named by Zhang (2011). Its type specimen is NIGP DHG200762, an exoskeleton (Male complete body), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP 2007 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Kovalevisargus brachypterus Zhang p. 166 figs. Pl 1, figs 2,3,7,9; text-fig 2
2014Kovalevisargus brachypterus Zhang p. 874
2016Kovalevisargus brachypterus Grimaldi and Barden p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
superfamilyArchisargoidea
familyKovalevisargidae
genusKovalevisargus
speciesbrachypterus

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.

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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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 166.10000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Kovalevisargus brachypterus (type locality: 113364)