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Tipulidites affinis

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Taxonomy
Tipulidites affinis was named by Wieland (1925). Its type specimen is YPM IP 034957, a wing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Minas de Petroleo (Wieland coll), which is in a Carnian lacustrine delta plain shale/claystone in the Potrerillos Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Necrotaulius (Tipulidites) affinis by Wieland (1926).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Tipulidites affinis Wieland p. 25 fig. 1
1926Necrotaulius (Tipulidites) affinis Wieland p. 133 fig. 1
2003Tipulidites affinis Martins-Neto et al. p. 250 fig. 2D

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

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.

Tipulidites affinis Wieland 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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Argentina (Mendoza) Tipulidites affinis (type locality: 84244)