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Altephialtites altaicus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ephialtitidae

Taxonomy
Altephialtites altaicus was named by Rasnitsyn (2008). Its type specimen is PIN 4270/1546, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Shar-Teg, outcrop 443/1 (PIN collection 4270), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Sharteg Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Altephialtites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Altephialtites altaicus Rasnitsyn p. 302 fig. 2

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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
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
superfamilyStephanoideaLeach 1815
familyEphialtitidae
subfamilyEphialtitinaeHandlirsch 1906
genusAltephialtites
speciesaltaicus

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.

†Altephialtites altaicus Rasnitsyn 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available