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Mesochorista minuta

Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae

Taxonomy
Caenoptilon minutum was named by Zalessky (1933). It is an impression. Its type locality is Ouralsky mine, Kargala, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial mudstone in the Amanak Formation of the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Permochorista minuta by Martynova (1942); it was recombined as Mesochorista minuta by Willmann (1978) and Novokshonov (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Caenoptilon minutum Zalessky p. 141 fig. 4
1942Permochorista minuta Martynova p. 136 fig. 6
1978Mesochorista minuta Willmann p. 40
1997Mesochorista minuta Novokshonov p. 63

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
familyPermochoristidae
subfamilyPermochoristinaeTillyard 1917
tribeMesochoristini(Tillyard 1926)
genusMesochorista
speciesminuta()

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.

Mesochorista minuta Zalessky 1933
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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: Capitanian or 265.10000 to 259.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9Russian Federation (Orenburg) Caenoptilon minutum (153668)