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Ansorgius praedicta

Insecta - Diptera - Ansorgiidae

Taxonomy
Ansorgia praedicta was named by Krzemiński and Lukashevich (1993). Its type specimen is PIN 2784/114, an exoskeleton (male fly), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2784), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Ansorgius, Ansorgia.

It was recombined as Ansorgius praedicta by Krzemiński (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Ansorgia praedicta Krzemiński and Lukashevich p. 594 figs. 1-2; Pl 1
1994Ansorgius praedicta Krzemiński p. 216

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderPtychopteromorpha
familyAnsorgiidae
genusAnsorgius
speciespraedicta()

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.

Ansorgius praedicta Krzemiński and Lukashevich 1993
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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: 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 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Ansorgia praedicta (type locality: 113439)