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Mesosciophilodes similis

Insecta - Diptera - Mesosciophilidae

Taxonomy
Mesosciophilodes similis was named by Rohdendorf (1964). Its type specimen is PIN 1/167, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 167), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Mesosciophilodes similis Rohdendorf p. 224 fig. 77

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
familyMesosciophilidae()
genusMesosciophilodes
speciessimilis

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.

†Mesosciophilodes similis Rohdendorf 1964
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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: 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 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Mesosciophilodes similis (type locality: 122331)