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Protobibio jurassicus

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Protobibio jurassicus was named by Rohdendorf (1946). Its type specimen is PIN 2452/50, a wing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Karatau-Galkino (PIN collection 2452), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Protobibio.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Protobibio jurassicus Rohdendorf p. 48 fig. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
familyChironomidaeMacquart 1838
genusProtobibio
speciesjurassicus

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Protobibio jurassicus Rohdendorf 1946
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Diagnosis
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