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Ptychoptera mesozoica

Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae

Taxonomy
Ptychoptera mesozoica was named by Kalugina (1989). Its type specimen is PIN 1989/3119, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 1989), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siltstone/marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Ptychoptera mesozoica Kalugina p. 73 fig. 4k,l

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderPtychopteromorpha
familyPtychopteridaeOsten-Sacken 1862
subfamilyPtychopterinaeSchiner 1864
genusPtychoptera
speciesmesozoica

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.

†Ptychoptera mesozoica Kalugina 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available