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Scenopinidae (window fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Scenopinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Scenopinidae Fallen
1999Scenopinidae Grimaldi and Cumming p. 29
2011Scenopinidae Wiegmann et al.
2015Scenopinidae Winterton and Ware
2016Scenopinidae Winterton et al.
2018Scenopinidae Shin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
superfamilyAsiloidea
familyScenopinidaeFallen 1817
familyScenopinidaeFallen 1817

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.

Fm. Scenopinidae Fallen 1817 [window fly]
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Subfm. Proratinae Theodor 1983
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G. †Burmaprorates Jouault and Nel 2020
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Burmaprorates alagracilis Jouault and Nel 2020
G. †Proratites Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
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Proratites simplex Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
Subfm. Scenopininae Fallen 1817
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Tr. Metatrichini Winterton and Ware 2015
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G. Brevitrichia Hardy 1994
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Brevitrichia messogenes Greenwalt and Winterton 2022
G. †Eocenotrichia Garrouste et al. 2016
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Eocenotrichia magnifica Garrouste et al. 2016
G. Metatrichia Coquillett 1900
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Metatrichia pria Yeates and Grimaldi 1993
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turonian to the top of the Langhian or 93.90000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Burmaprorates alagracilis (179227)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Proratites simplex (110895)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Eocenotrichia magnifica (123850)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Montana) Brevitrichia messogenes (203699)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Metatrichia pria (122473 122982)