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Simulimima grandis

Insecta - Diptera - Simuliidae

Taxonomy
Simulimima grandis was named by Kalugina (1985). Its type specimen is PIN 3052/2, a nymph (pupa), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Naryn-Ichety (PIN collection 3052), which is in an Oxfordian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Ichetuy Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Simulimima.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Simulimima grandis Kalugina p. 44 fig. 11
1991Simulimima grandis Crosskey

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilySimulioideaNewman 1834
familySimuliidae
genusSimulimima
speciesgrandis

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.

†Simulimima grandis Kalugina 1985
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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: Oxfordian or 163.50000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Russian Federation (Buryatia) Simulimima grandis (type locality: 124595)