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Palaeoboreus zherichini

Insecta - Mecoptera - Boreidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoboreus zherichini was named by Sukacheva and Rasnitsyn (1992). Its type specimen is PIN 3699/1218, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Khoutiyn-Khotgor (PIN collection 3688), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine shale in the Ulaan-Ereg Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Palaeoboreus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Palaeoboreus zherichini Sukacheva and Rasnitsyn p. 170 figs. 1a, 2a

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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
familyBoreidaeLatreille 1816
subfamilyBoreinaeLatreille 1816
genusPalaeoboreus
specieszherichini

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.

Palaeoboreus zherichini Sukacheva and Rasnitsyn 1992
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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: Tithonian or 152.10000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Mongolia (Dund-Gov’ Aymag) Palaeoboreus zherichini (type locality: 122321)