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Parachorista splendida

Insecta - Mecoptera - Parachoristidae

Taxonomy
Parachorista splendida was named by Tillyard (1926). It is an impression. Its type locality is Belmont (Mitchell 1925 coll), which is in a Changhsingian pond chert in the Croudace Bay Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Tillyardina splendida by Handlirsch (1937).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Parachorista splendida Tillyard p. 274 figs. Pl 16, fig 4; text-fig 12
1937Tillyardina splendida Handlirsch p. 110
1953Parachorista splendida Riek p. 65 figs. Pl 5, figs 8,9; text-fig 24
1978Parachorista splendida Willmann p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderEumecopteraTillyard 1919
familyParachoristidae
subfamilyParachoristinaeHandlirsch 1937
genusParachorista
speciessplendida

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.

Parachorista splendida Tillyard 1926
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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: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Australia (New South Wales) Parachorista splendida (type locality: 122412 122433)