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Chachotosha probatus

Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae

Taxonomy
Chachotosha probatus was named by Lukashevich (1996). Its type specimen is PIN 4307/897, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Khotont locality (PIN collection 4307), which is in an Aptian lacustrine horizon in the Hotont Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Chachotosha.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Chachotosha probatus Lukashevich p. 555 figs. Pl 9, figs 1-6; pl 10, figs 1-5; text-figs 1a-d, 2a-e
2014Chachotosha probatus Borkent p. 482

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyCulicoidea
familyChaoboridaeEdwards 1920
genusChachotosha
speciesprobatus

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.

Chachotosha probatus Lukashevich 1996
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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 Aptian or 125.45000 to 122.46000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian125.45 - 122.46Mongolia (Ara-Hangayn aymag) Chachotosha probatus (type locality: 123464)