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Flagellisargus sinicus

Insecta - Diptera - Archisargidae

Taxonomy
Flagellisargus sinicus was named by Zhang (2012). Its type specimen is NIGP DHG201201, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP 2012 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China. It is the type species of Flagellisargus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Flagellisargus sinicus Zhang p. 879 figs. 1-3
2014Flagellisargus sinicus Zhang
2016Flagellisargus sinicus 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
genusFlagellisargus
speciessinicus

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.

†Flagellisargus sinicus Zhang 2012
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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 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Flagellisargus sinicus (type locality: 133221)