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Prosechamyia dimedia

Insecta - Diptera - Prosechamyiidae

Taxonomy
Prosechamyia dimedia was named by Blagoderov and Grimaldi (2007). Its type specimen is VMNH 957, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Solite Quarries (VMNH collection), which is in a Norian lacustrine - small shale in the Cow Branch Formation of North Carolina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Prosechamyia dimedia Blagoderov and Grimaldi p. 26 figs. 7d, 12b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
familyProsechamyiidae
genusProsechamyia
speciesdimedia

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.

†Prosechamyia dimedia Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007
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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: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (North Carolina) Prosechamyia dimedia (type locality: 106479)