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Mesosmylina mongolica

Insecta - Neuroptera - Osmylidae

Taxonomy
Mesosmylina mongolica was named by Ponomarenko (1984). Its type specimen is PIN 3792/101, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oshin-Boro-Udzur-Ula (PIN collection 3792), which is in a Bathonian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Zhargalant Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Mesosmylina mongolica Ponomarenko figs. Pl 5, fig 1; text-fig 1
2019Mesosmylina mongolica Winterton et al. p. 34

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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
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
—Metaxyneuroptera
—Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
—Euneuroptera
superfamilyOsmyloideaLeach 1815
familyOsmylidaeLeach 1815
subfamilyMesosmylininaeBode 1953
genusMesosmylina
speciesmongolica

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.

†Mesosmylina mongolica Ponomarenko 1984
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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: Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Mongolia Mesosmylina mongolica (type locality: 119621)