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Microdacno petraensis

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Taxonomy
Microdacno petraensis was named by Kaddumi (2005). Its type specimen is ERMNH 271, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Jordanian Amber (Kaddumi ERMNH collection), which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in Jordan. It is the type species of Microdacno.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Microdacno petraensis Kaddumi
2007Microdacno petraensis Kaddumi p. 105 figs. 76-79

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyLimoniidae
subfamilyLimoniinae
genusMicrodacnoKaddumi 2005
speciespetraensisKaddumi 2005

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.

Microdacno petraensis Kaddumi 2005
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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: Albian or 113.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Jordan Microdacno petraensis (type locality: 124847)