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Mendozachorista volkheimeri

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mendozachoristidae

Taxonomy
Mendozachorista volkheimeri was named by Brauckmann et al. (2010). Its type specimen is MCNAM-PI 24527, a forewing, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Arroyo Llantenes, which is in a Norian fluvial mudstone in the Llantenes Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Mendozachorista.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Mendozachorista volkheimeri Brauckmann et al. p. 919 fig. 6a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
familyMendozachoristidae
genusMendozachorista
speciesvolkheimeri

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.

†Mendozachorista volkheimeri Brauckmann et al. 2010
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

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 - 208.5Argentina Mendozachorista volkheimeri (type locality: 110739)