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Mesembrinellidae

Insecta - Diptera - Mesembrinellidae

Taxonomy
Mesembrinellinae was named by Shannon (1926). It is extant. Its type is Mesembrinella.

It was reranked as the family Mesembrinellidae by Cerretti et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Oestroidea by Cerretti et al. (2017).

Subtaxa
Mesembrinella (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Mesembrinellidae Cerretti et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
RankNameAuthor
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
Schizophora
Calyptratae()
superfamilyOestroideaLeach 1815
familyMesembrinellidae(Shannon 1926)
familyMesembrinellidae(Shannon 1926)

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.

Fm. Mesembrinellidae Shannon 1926
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G. Mesembrinella Giglio-Tos 1893
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Mesembrinella caenozoica Cerretti et al. 2017
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Mesembrinella caenozoica (188102)