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Parapolycentropus burmiticus

Insecta - Mecoptera - Pseudopolycentropodidae

Taxonomy
Parapolycentropus burmiticus was named by Grimaldi and Rasnitsyn (2005). Its type specimen is AMNH Bu694, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Parapolycentropus burmiticus Grimaldi and Rasnitsyn p. 451 figs. 6-8a,b
2014Parapolycentropus burmiticus Grimaldi and Johnston fig. 2C

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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
familyPseudopolycentropodidae
genusParapolycentropus
speciesburmiticus

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.

Parapolycentropus burmiticus Grimaldi and Rasnitsyn 2005
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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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar (Kachin) Parapolycentropus burmiticus (123113)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Parapolycentropus burmiticus (type locality: 111688 165561)