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Eoptychoptera eximia

Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae

Taxonomy
Metaxybittacus eximius was named by Bode (1953). Its type specimen is GPIC Cl 352, a wing, and it is an impression.

It was recombined as Eoptychoptera eximia by Lukashevich et al. (1998) and Lukashevich and Arillo (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Metaxybittacus eximius Bode p. 288 figs. Pl. 14, fig. 371
1953Palaeolimnobia maculosa Bode p. 302 figs. Pl. 15, fig. 389
1978Metaxybittacus eximius Willmann p. 92
1998Eoptychoptera eximia Lukashevich et al. p. 322 figs. 11-13
2016Eoptychoptera eximia Lukashevich and Arillo p. 257 fig. 2E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderPtychopteromorpha
familyPtychopteridaeOsten-Sacken 1862
subfamilyEoptychopterinae
genusEoptychoptera
specieseximia()

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.

Eoptychoptera eximia Bode 1953
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Invalid names: Palaeolimnobia maculosa Bode 1953 [synonym]
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: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Toarcian or 182.70000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Niedersachsen) Palaeolimnobia maculosa, Metaxybittacus eximius (105002)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany Eoptychoptera eximia (104056)