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Mesobittacus minutus

Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae

Taxonomy
Mesobittacus minutus was named by Handlirsch (1939). Its type specimen is GPI EMAU 123/66, a wing (fragment), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.

It was recombined as Neorthophlebia minuta by Willmann (1978).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Mesobittacus minutus Handlirsch p. 88 figs. Pl 8 fig 145
1953Protobittacus pediculatus Bode p. 285 figs. Pl. 14, fig. 366
1978Neorthophlebia minuta Willmann p. 94
1978Protobittacus pediculatus Willmann p. 97
1996Mesobittacus minutus Ansorge p. 76 figs. 59; Pl 11 fig 4-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderRaptipedia
familyBittacidaeHandlirsch 1906
subfamilyBittacinaeHandlirsch 1906
genusMesobittacus
speciesminutus

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.

Mesobittacus minutus Handlirsch 1939
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Invalid names: Protobittacus pediculatus Bode 1953 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Early/Lower Toarcian or 183.00000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Mesobittacus minutus (114993)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Niedersachsen) Protobittacus pediculatus (105002)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany Mesobittacus minutus (type locality: 123987)