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Longifurcula

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Taxonomy
Longifurcula was named by Hong (2007). It is not extant. Its type is Longifurcula hejiafangensis.

It was assigned to Mesopanorpodidae by Hong (2007).

Species
L. hejiafangensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Longifurcula Hong p. 261

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
superfamilyMesopsychoidea
familyMesopsychidae
genusLongifurcula

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.

G. †Longifurcula Hong 2007
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Y. C. Hong 2007Sc reached beyond midwing and forked into 3 very long branches; R waved; Rs+ MA and MP respectively forked deeply, their branches very long; but stems of Rs1+ 2 and Rs3+ 4 and stems of MA1+ 2 and MA3+ 4 , respectively shorter slightly than that of the base Rs; forking point of MP earlier slightly little than the original point of Rs+ MA.
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: Longobardian or 242.00000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0China (Shaanxi) L. hejiafangensis (117138)