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Mesorthophlebia sinica

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesorthophlebiidae

Taxonomy
Mesorthophlebia sinica was named by Hong (1983). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Xiaofanzhangzi, sample 27h4, Chengde City, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Jiulongshan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Mesorthophlebia sinica Hong p. 101 figs. Pl 26, fig 2; text-fig 94

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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
suborderEumecopteraTillyard 1919
familyMesorthophlebiidae
genusMesorthophlebia
speciessinica

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.

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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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 166.10000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Hebei) Mesorthophlebia sinica (type locality: 154837)