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Mesoplecia fastigata

Insecta - Diptera - Protopleciidae

Taxonomy
Mesoplecia fastigata was named by Lin et al. (2014). Its type specimen is CNU-DIP-NN2013101, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2013 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Mesoplecia fastigata Lin et al. p. 552 figs. 6A-E

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

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†Mesoplecia fastigata Lin et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available