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Ptiolinites cretaceus

Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae

Taxonomy
Ptiolinites cretaceus was named by Kovalev (1986). Its type specimen is PIN 3152/4265, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Myangad locality, Section 221/17, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Ptiolinites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Ptiolinites cretaceus Kovalev pp. 143-145 figs. 115; Pl XVI fig 2
1998Ptiolinites cretaceus Nagatomi and Yang p. 134 figs. 79, 80

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Homeodactyla
infraorderTabanomorphaHennig 1948
familyRhagionidae()
subfamilyRhagioninae
genusPtiolinites
speciescretaceus

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.

Ptiolinites cretaceus Kovalev 1986
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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: 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 (Kobdo aimak) Ptiolinites cretaceus (type locality: 104054)