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Palaepangonius gordoni

Insecta - Diptera

Taxonomy
Athericites gordoni was named by Mostovski et al. (2003). Its type specimen is BMB 023835, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Smokejacks Brickworks, which is in a Barremian pond claystone/siltstone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Palaepangonius gordoni by Grimaldi (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Athericites gordoni Mostovski et al. p. 167 fig. 5b
2016Palaepangonius gordoni Grimaldi p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Homeodactyla
infraorderTabanomorphaHennig 1948
genusPalaepangonius
speciesgordoni()

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.

Palaepangonius gordoni Mostovski et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available