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Mesochorista proavita

Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae

Taxonomy
Mesochorista proavita was named by Tillyard (1916). Its type specimen is GSQI32, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1909 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Mesochorista proavita Tillyard p. 30 figs. Pl 2, fig 2
1923Mesochorista proavita Tillyard
1945Eoses triassica Tindale p. 39 figs. Pl 5, figs 1,2
1955Mesochorista proavita Riek p. 661
1956Mesochorista proavita Riek p. 99
1978Mesochorista proavita Willmann p. 41
1997Mesochorista proavita Novokshonov p. 62

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
familyPermochoristidae
subfamilyPermochoristinaeTillyard 1917
tribeMesochoristini(Tillyard 1926)
genusMesochorista
speciesproavita

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.

†Mesochorista proavita Tillyard 1916
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Invalid names: Eoses triassica Tindale 1945 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available