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Protonemestrius jurassicus

Insecta - Diptera - Nemestrinidae

Taxonomy
Protonemestrius jurassicus was named by Ren (1998). Its type specimen is GMCB LB97005, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Near Chaomidian Village (GMC Beijing coll), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Protonemestrius jurassicus Ren p. 72 figs. 12; pl 2, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Homeodactyla
superfamilyNemestrinoideaMacquart 1834
familyNemestrinidaeMacquart 1834
subfamilyArchinemestriinae
genusProtonemestrius
speciesjurassicus

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.

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Diagnosis
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