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Eoptychoptera britannica

Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae

Taxonomy
Eoptychoptera britannica was named by Lukashevich et al. (2001). Its type specimen is MNEMG 2000.48, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Clockhouse Brickworks (MNEMG collection), which is in a Hauterivian lagoonal mudstone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Eoptychoptera britannica Lukashevich et al. p. 454 fig. 3
2016Eoptychoptera britannica Lukashevich and Arillo p. 255 fig. 2a

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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
speciesbritannica

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 britannica Lukashevich et al. 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available