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Curtonotidae (Quasimodo fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Curtonotidae

Taxonomy
Curtonotidae was named by Duda (1934). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Eoschizodidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

It was assigned to Ephydroidea by Wiegmann et al. (2011) and Grimaldi and Kirk-Spriggs (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Curtonotidae Duda
2011Curtonotidae Wiegmann et al.
2012Curtonotidae Grimaldi and Kirk-Spriggs

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
RankNameAuthor
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
Schizophora
superfamilyEphydroidea
familyCurtonotidaeDuda 1934
familyCurtonotidaeDuda 1934

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.

Fm. Curtonotidae Duda 1934 [Quasimodo fly]
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G. Curtonotum Macquart 1842
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Curtonotum electrodominicum Grimaldi and Kirk-Spriggs 2012
G. †Depressonotum Grimaldi and Kirk-Spriggs 2012
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Depressonotum priscum Grimaldi and Kirk-Spriggs 2012
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Curtonotum electrodominicum, Depressonotum priscum (122982)