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Orthophlebia quadrimacula

Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae

Taxonomy
Orthophlebia quadrimacula was named by Lin (1982). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Qingjing River, Zhichang County, which is in a Jurassic terrestrial siliciclastic in the Zhiluo Formation of China.

It was recombined as Orthophlebia (Dolichophlebia) quadrimacula by Hong and Zhang (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Orthophlebia quadrimacula Lin p. 81 figs. Pl 32, fig 3
2007Orthophlebia (Dolichophlebia) quadrimacula Hong and Zhang p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderOpisthogonopora
Panorpomorpha
Panorpina
Panorpini
superfamilyPanorpoidea
familyOrthophlebiidae()
subfamilyOrthophlebiinae
genusOrthophlebia
speciesquadrimacula

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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Jurassic or 174.70000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5China (Gansu) Orthophlebia quadrimacula (type locality: 154785)