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Microdiptera

Angiospermae - Myrtales - Lythraceae

Taxonomy
Microdiptera was named by Chandler (1957). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lythraceae by Chandler (1963) and Andrews (1970).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Microdiptera Chandler
1963Microdiptera Chandler p. 118
1970Microdiptera Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderMyrtalesJussieu 1820
familyLythraceaeSaint-Hilaire 1805
genusMicrodipteraChandler 1957

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.

G. †Microdiptera Chandler 1957
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Microdiptera major Chandler 1963
Microdiptera parva Chandler 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Piacenzian or 47.80000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) M. major (24106)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) M. parva (24109)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) M. parva (27663)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03United Kingdom (England) M. parva (27665)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Germany (Saxony) M. parva (24922 24923 24925 24982 24983 25001 25002 25574 25581 25591)
Rupelian - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Germany (Brandenburg) M. parva (24314)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Brandenburg) M. parva (26748)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Sachsen) M. elongata, M. minor (24534) M. lusatica, M. minor (24179) M. minor (24185)
Early/Lower Miocene - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97USA (Vermont) M. sp. (22776)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) M. menzelii (23043 23060 23686 27378) M. sibirica (23685) M. uralensis, M. menzelii (23049)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Saxen) M. menzelii (23674)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Germany (Sachsen) M. uralensis (27279)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) M. menzelii (27530 27547 27548 27552 27553)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) M. menzelii (22899 23045 23050 23054 23055 23058 23059 23348 23598 23609 23610 23618 23652 23661 23665 23677 27011 27013 27063 27526) M. menzelii, M. sibirica (23046 23056) M. menzelii, M. uralensis (23611) M. sibirica (23044 23616 27524) M. sibirica, M. menzelii (23355) M. uralensis (27523)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Saxen) M. menzelii (22898) M. menzelii, M. uralensis (22897)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Sachsen) M. menzelii (27515)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Germany (Brandenburg) M. menzelii (27064)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) M. sibirica (22771)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) M. sibirica (22778)