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Sinoagetopanorpa elegans

Insecta - Mecoptera - Sinoagetopanorpidae

Taxonomy
Sinoagetopanorpa elegans was named by Lian et al. (2023). Its type specimen is NIGP200921, a wing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Houdong, Yinping Mountain, SW Chaohu City, which is in a Capitanian marine shale in the Yinping Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Sinoagetopanorpa elegans Lian et al. p. 12 figs. 10, 11, 19F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
familySinoagetopanorpidae
genusSinoagetopanorpa
specieselegans

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.

†Sinoagetopanorpa elegans Lian et al. 2023
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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: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Anhui) Sinoagetopanorpa elegans (type locality: 103239)