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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
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
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
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: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Australia (Queensland) Eoses triassica (122247) Mesochorista proavita (106484 type locality: 111777)