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Mesobittacus clavaeformis

Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae

Taxonomy
Protobittacus clavaeformis was named by Bode (1953). It is an impression.

It was recombined as Mesobittacus clavaeformis by Ansorge (1996).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Protobittacus clavaeformis Bode p. 284 figs. Pl. 14, fig. 365
1953Auxobittacus praeacutus Bode p. 286 figs. Pl. 14, fig. 368, 369
1978Auxobittacus praecutus Willmann p. 91
1978Protobittacus clavaeformis Willmann p. 96
1996Mesobittacus clavaeformis Ansorge p. 76

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderRaptipedia
familyBittacidaeHandlirsch 1906
subfamilyBittacinaeHandlirsch 1906
genusMesobittacus
speciesclavaeformis()

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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Invalid names: Auxobittacus praeacutus Bode 1953 [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: Early/Lower Toarcian or 183.00000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Niedersachsen) Auxobittacus praeacutus (105002 107343) Protobittacus clavaeformis (107323)