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Archisargus maximus

Insecta - Diptera - Archisargidae

Taxonomy
Archisargus maximus was named by Mostovski (1997). Its type specimen is PIN 2904/1613, a wing (parts of head and thorax present), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2904), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Archisargus maximus Mostovski p. 75 figs. 1 b; Pl. 10; fig. 2
1998Archisargus maximus Nagatomi and Yang p. 165 fig. 167
2012Archisargus maximus Oberprieler and Yeates p. 642
2014Archisargus maximus Zhang
2016Archisargus maximus Grimaldi and Barden p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
superfamilyArchisargoidea
familyArchisargidae
subfamilyArchisarginae
genusArchisargus
speciesmaximus

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.

Archisargus maximus Mostovski 1997
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 166.10000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Archisargus maximus (type locality: 106279)