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Liauningius robustus

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Chironomaptera robustus was named by Lin (1976). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is AAI5b, Dachengzi, Kazuo, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Jiufotang Formation of China. It is the type species of Liauningius.

It was recombined as Liauningius robustus by Hong (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Chironomaptera robustus Lin pp. 106-107 figs. 7; PL III fig 4
1982Liauningius robustus Hong p. 168 figs. Pl 29, fig 3; text-figs 146, 147

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
familyChironomidaeMacquart 1838
genusLiauningius
speciesrobustus()

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: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Liaoning) Chironomaptera robustus (type locality: 151536)