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Eophlebomyia claripennis

Insecta - Diptera - Eophlebomyiidae

Taxonomy
Eophlebomyia claripennis was named by Cockerell (1925). Its type specimen is USNM 69175, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is East Alkali Gulch head, south of De Beque, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Eophlebomyia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Eophlebomyia claripennis Cockerell p. 4 figs. Pl 2, fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
familyEophlebomyiidae
genusEophlebomyia
speciesclaripennis

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.

Eophlebomyia claripennis Cockerell 1925
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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: Bridgerian or 50.30000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Eophlebomyia claripennis (type locality: 122746)