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Oryctochlus longilobus

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Oryctochlus longilobus was named by Kalugina (1985). Its type specimen is PIN 3053/967, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Uda River (PIN collection 3053), which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian terrestrial horizon in the Uda Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Oryctochlus longilobus Kalugina p. 89,91 figs. 43; Pl IV fig 8-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
familyChironomidaeMacquart 1838
subfamilyPodonominaeThienemann and Edwards 1837
genusOryctochlus
specieslongilobus

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.

Oryctochlus longilobus 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: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 163.50000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Russian Federation (Buryat) Oryctochlus longilobus (type locality: 104950)