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Bittacus egestionis

Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae

Taxonomy
Bittacus egestionis was named by Carpenter (1955). Its type specimen is MCZ 4921, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Evacuation Creek, Watson, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Evacuation Creek Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Bittacus egestionis Carpenter p. 39 fig. 1,2
1978Bittacus egestionis Willmann p. 98

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderRaptipedia
familyBittacidaeHandlirsch 1906
genusBittacus
speciesegestionis

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.

†Bittacus egestionis Carpenter 1955
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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: Bridgerian or 50.50000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Utah) Bittacus egestionis (type locality: 122882)