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Eoptychoptera elevata

Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae

Taxonomy
Eoptychoptera elevata was named by Lukashevich (2000). Its type specimen is PIN 923/1065, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Kempendyay River (PIN collection 923), which is in a Berriasian/Barremian pond siltstone/sandstone in the Khaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Eoptychoptera elevata Lukashevich p. 29 figs. Fig 1.2, 2.4
2016Eoptychoptera elevata Lukashevich and Arillo p. 257 fig. 2I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderPtychopteromorpha
familyPtychopteridaeOsten-Sacken 1862
subfamilyEoptychopterinae
genusEoptychoptera
specieselevata

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.

Eoptychoptera elevata Lukashevich 2000
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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: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Barremian or 145.00000 to 125.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Barremian145.0 - 125.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Eoptychoptera elevata (type locality: 110818)