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Mesoses

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Taxonomy
Mesoses was named by Riek (1976).

It was assigned to Mesosetidae by Riek (1976); and to Mesopsychidae by Lambkin (2014) and Lin et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Mesoses Riek p. 816
2014Mesoses Lambkin p. 143
2016Mesoses Lin et al. p. 3

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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
superfamilyMesopsychoidea
familyMesopsychidae
genusMesoses

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.

G. †Mesoses Riek 1976
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Mesoses gayndah Lambkin 2014
Mesoses magna Riek 1976
Mesoses optata Riek 1976
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: base of the Anisian to the top of the Carnian or 247.20000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Australia (Queensland) M. gayndah (154203)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa (Eastern Cape) M. optata, M. magna (115196)