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Protapiocera convergens

Insecta - Diptera - Protapioceridae

Taxonomy
Protapiocera convergens was named by Zhang et al. (2007). Its type specimen is CNU-DB-LB2006001, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Near Chaomidian Village, CNU 2006 collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large shale in the Yixian Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Protapiocera convergens Zhang et al. p. 29 figs. 2-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
superfamilyAsiloidea
familyProtapioceridae
genusProtapiocera
speciesconvergens

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.

Protapiocera convergens Zhang et al. 2007
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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: Late/Upper Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Protapiocera convergens (type locality: 119055)