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Mesoplecia jurassica

Insecta - Diptera - Protopleciidae

Taxonomy
Mesoplecia jurassica was named by Rohdendorf (1938). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Karatau-Galkino (PIN collection 2231), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Mesoplecia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Mesoplecia jurassica Rohdendorf p. 50 fig. 21

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

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 jurassica Rohdendorf 1938
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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: 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) Mesoplecia jurassica (type locality: 122330)