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Eoptychoptera spectra

Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae

Taxonomy
Prodocidia spectra was named by Whalley (1985). Its type specimen is BMNH In 49226, a wing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Flatstones, Stonebarrow, Charmouth (Jackson collection), which is in an Obtusum marine mudstone in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Eoptychoptera spectra by Lukashevich (2000) and Lukashevich et al. (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Prodocidia spectra Whalley p. 158 figs. Fig 54, 57
2000Eoptychoptera spectra Lukashevich p. S353 fig. 1
2001Eoptychoptera spectra Lukashevich et al. p. 452
2021Prodocidia spectra Oliveira and Amorim p. 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderPtychopteromorpha
familyPtychopteridaeOsten-Sacken 1862
subfamilyEoptychopterinae
genusEoptychoptera
speciesspectra()

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.

Eoptychoptera spectra Whalley 1985
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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: Obtusum or 196.50000 to 189.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Prodocidia spectra (type locality: 114638)