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Mesoplecia xinboensis

Insecta - Diptera - Protopleciidae

Taxonomy
Mesoplecia xinboensis was named by Hong (1984). It is an impression. Its type locality is Village 8, Xinbo district, Weichang County, which is in a Hauterivian lacustrine - large shale in the Dabeigou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Mesoplecia xinboensis Hong p. 176 figs. Pl 77, figs 3,4; pl 78, fig 3; text-fig 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
superfamilyMycetophiloidea
familyProtopleciidae
genusMesoplecia
speciesxinboensis

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.

Mesoplecia xinboensis Hong 1984
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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: Late/Upper Hauterivian or 136.40000 to 130.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0China (Hebei) Mesoplecia xinboensis (type locality: 154962)