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Araripogon axelrodi

Insecta - Diptera - Asilidae

Taxonomy
Araripogon axelrodi was named by Grimaldi (1990). Its type specimen is AMNH 43514, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crato (AMNH collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Araripogon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Araripogon axelrodi Grimaldi p. 173 figs. 21-24,26-28,34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
superfamilyAsiloidea
familyAsilidae()
genusAraripogon
speciesaxelrodi

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.

Araripogon axelrodi Grimaldi 1990
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Diagnosis
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