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Depressonotum priscum

Insecta - Diptera - Curtonotidae

Taxonomy
Depressonotum priscum was named by Grimaldi and Kirk-Spriggs (2012). Its type specimen is AMNH DR11-7, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic. It is the type species of Depressonotum.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Depressonotum priscum Grimaldi and Kirk-Spriggs p. 10 fig. 5,6

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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
genusDepressonotum
speciespriscum

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.

†Depressonotum priscum Grimaldi and Kirk-Spriggs 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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


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