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Palaecomoptera subcosta

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Taxonomy
Palaecomoptera subcosta was named by Blagoderov (1998). Its type specimen is PIN3559/10051, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 87), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Palaecomoptera subcosta Blagoderov p. 604 figs. 2e; Pl 4 fig 10
2021Palaecomoptera subcosta Oliveira and Amorim p. 103

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familyMycetophilidae
subfamilyGnoristinae(Edwards 1925)
genusPalaecomoptera
speciessubcosta

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.

†Palaecomoptera subcosta Blagoderov 1998
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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: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mongolia Palaecomoptera subcosta (type locality: 121710)