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Mesosciophilidae

Insecta - Diptera - Mesosciophilidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Mesosciophilinae Rohdendorf p. 76
1985Mesosciophilidae Kovalev p. 172
1986Pseudalysiinia fragmenta Jell and Duncan p. 179 figs. 49K, 50I
2007Mesosciophilidae Zhang

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
familyMesosciophilidae()
familyMesosciophilidae()

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.

Fm. †Mesosciophilidae Rohdendorf 1946
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G. †Jurasciophila Li and Ren 2009
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Jurasciophila curvula Li and Ren 2009
Jurasciophila lepida Li and Ren 2009
G. †Mesosciophila Rohdendorf 1946
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Mesosciophila antiqua Hao and Ren 2009
Mesosciophila eucalla Zhang 2007
Mesosciophila sigmoidea Wang et al. 2012
Mesosciophila venosa Rohdendorf 1946
G. †Mesosciophilina Kovalev 1985
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Mesosciophilina irinae Kovalev 1985
G. †Mesosciophilodes Rohdendorf 1946
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Mesosciophilodes angustipennis Rohdendorf 1946
Mesosciophilodes similis Rohdendorf 1964
G. †Mesosciophilopsis Blagoderov 1994
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Mesosciophilopsis curtus Blagoderov 1994
Mesosciophilopsis expletus Blagoderov 1994
Mesosciophilopsis minor Blagoderov 1994
G. †Orentalphila Lin et al. 2015
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Orentalphila caloa Lin et al. 2015
Orentalphila gravia Lin et al. 2015
G. †Paramesosciophilodes Zhang 2007
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Paramesosciophilodes aequus Wang et al. 2012
Paramesosciophilodes bellus Gao et al. 2015
Paramesosciophilodes rarissima Gao et al. 2015
G. †Sciophilites Kovalev 1990
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Sciophilites ninae Kovalev 1990
G. †Similsciophila Shi et al. 2014
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Similsciophila singularis Shi et al. 2014
Similsciophila sinuata Shi et al. 2014
Similsciophila undulata Lin et al. 2015
G. †Sinosciophila Hong 1992
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Sinosciophila angustia Lin et al. 2015
Sinosciophila seboa Lin et al. 2015
Invalid names: Pseudalysiinia fragmenta Jell and Duncan 1986 [nomen dubium]
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 Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 170.30000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Mesosciophilina irinae, Mesosciophilina bolshakovi (118010)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Mesosciophila venosa (119620) Mesosciophilodes angustipennis (115717) Mesosciophilodes similis (122331)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Mesoplecia antiqua, Jurasciophila curvula, Jurasciophila lepida (113362) Mesosciophila eucalla, Paramesosciophilodes ningchengensis (113363) Mesosciophila sigmoidea, Paramesosciophilodes aequus (113366) Mesosciophilodes synchrona, Mesosciophila abstracta, Paramesosciophilodes eximia (113364) Paramesosciophilodes bellus, Paramesosciophilodes rarissima (155751) Similsciophila singularis, Similsciophila sinuata (117610)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Mongolia Mesosciophilidae indet. (104748)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Sinosciophila angustia, Sinosciophila seboa, Orentalphila gravia, Orentalphila caloa, Similsciophila undulata (153157)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Mesosciophilopsis curtus (105969) Mesosciophilopsis expletus (122549) Mesosciophilopsis minor (122552) Mesosciophilopsis sp. (113349)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Liaoning) Sinosciophila meileyingziensis (152382)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Australia (Victoria) Pseudalysiinia fragmenta (77192)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Russian Federation (Chita) Mesosciophilidae indet., Sciophilites ninae (119499)