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Apsilocephalidae

Insecta - Diptera - Apsilocephalidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Apsilocephalidae Nagatomi et al. p. 579
2005Apsilocephalidae Hauser and Irwin p. 397
2011Apsilocephalidae Grimaldi et al. p. 317
2011Apsilocephalidae Wiegmann et al.
2015Apsilocephalidae Winterton and Ware
2016Apsilocephalidae Grimaldi p. 76
2016Apsilocephalidae Winterton et al.
2018Apsilocephalidae Shin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
superfamilyAsiloidea
familyApsilocephalidae
familyApsilocephalidae

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. Apsilocephalidae Nagatomi et al. 1991
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G. Apsilocephala Kröber 1914
G. †Cascomixticus Poinar and Vega 2021
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Cascomixticus tubuliferous Poinar and Vega 2021
G. †Irwinimyia Zhang et al. 2017
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Irwinimyia spinosa Zhang et al. 2017
G. †Palaeoapsilocephala Hauser and Greenwalt 2022
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Palaeoapsilocephala kishenehnensis Hauser and Greenwalt 2022
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Chadronian or 100.50000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar (Kachin) Cascomixticus tubuliferous (104053)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Irwinimyia spinosa (161726)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Montana) Palaeoapsilocephala kishenehnensis (203699)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Psilocephala pusilla (123926)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Psilocephala pusilla (109625)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Rueppellia vagabunda (124680)