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Choristoidea

Insecta - Mecoptera

Taxonomy
Choristoidea was named by Esben-Petersen (1915). It is extant.

It was assigned to Panorpini by Willmann (1987).

Subtaxa
Choristidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Choristoidea Esben-Petersen
1987Choristoidea Willmann

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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
infraorderOpisthogonopora
—Panorpomorpha
—Panorpina
—Panorpini
superfamilyChoristoidea
superfamilyChoristoidea

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.

Superfm. Choristoidea Esben-Petersen 1915
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Fm. Choristidae Esben-Petersen 1915
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G. Chorista Klug 1836
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†Chorista sobrina Riek 1952
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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Australia (Queensland) Chorista sobrina (125666 215302)