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Chironomus venerabilis

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Chironomus venerabilis was named by Etheridge and Olliff (1890). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Fox and Partridge's claim, Red Hill, near Emmaville, which is in a Pliocene pond ironstone in Australia.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Chironomus venerabilis Etheridge and Olliff p. 7 figs. Pl 1, fig 2
1890Palaeolycus problematicus Etheridge and Olliff p. 11 figs. Pl 1, figs 10-14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
familyChironomidaeMacquart 1838
subfamilyChironominaeMacquart 1838
tribeChironominiMacquart 1838
genusChironomus
speciesvenerabilis

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.

Chironomus venerabilis Etheridge and Olliff 1890
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Invalid names: Chironomus problematicus Etheridge and Olliff 1890 [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: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (New South Wales) Chironomus venerabilis, Palaeolycus problematicus (type locality: 132306)