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Araripogon pulchrus

Insecta - Diptera - Asilidae

Taxonomy
Araripogon pulchrus was named by Lamas et al. (2021). Its type specimen is IGC-USP GP-1E-10634/10635, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crato (IGC-USP collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Araripogon pulchrus Lamas et al. p. 2 figs. 2, 3, 4A,B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
superfamilyAsiloidea
familyAsilidae()
genusAraripogon
speciespulchrus

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.

†Araripogon pulchrus Lamas et al. 2021
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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: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Araripogon pulchrus (type locality: 149767)