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Orthophlebia intermedia

Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae

Taxonomy
Orthophlebia intermedia was named by Giebel (1856). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Strensham, Worcestershire, which is in a Rhaetian marine horizon in the Lilstock Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Orthophlebia (Phryganidium) intermedia by Geinitz (1884); it was synonymized subjectively with Orthophlebia liassica by Tillyard (1933) and Martynova (1948); it was recombined as Synorthophlebia intermedia by Handlirsch (1939).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Orthophlebia intermedia Giebel p. 261
1884Orthophlebia (Phryganidium) intermedia Geinitz p. 574 figs. Pl 13, fig 8
1888Orthophlebia intermedia Geinitz p. 203 figs. Pl 5, fig 11
1906Orthophlebia intermedia Handlirsch p. 481 figs. Pl XLII fig 25
1927Orthophlebia intermedia Martynov p. 652
1939Synorthophlebia intermedia Handlirsch p. 84
1978Orthophlebia intermedia Willmann p. 74

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderOpisthogonopora
Panorpomorpha
Panorpina
Panorpini
superfamilyPanorpoidea
familyOrthophlebiidae()
subfamilyOrthophlebiinae
genusOrthophlebia
speciesintermedia

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.

Orthophlebia intermedia Giebel 1856
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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: Rhaetian or 208.50000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) Chauliodes sp. 3 (113961)