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Proplatypeza secunda

Insecta - Diptera - Platypezidae

Taxonomy
Proplatypeza secunda was named by Mostovski (1995). Its type specimen is PIN 3559/11087, a wing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Proplatypeza secunda Mostovski p. 139 fig. 2f

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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()
superfamilyPlatypezoideaFallen 1815
familyPlatypezidaeFallen 1815
subfamilyPlatypezininaeKessel and Maggioncalda 1968
genusProplatypeza
speciessecunda

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.

Proplatypeza secunda Mostovski 1995
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mongolia Proplatypeza secunda (type locality: 103657)