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Aquarius lunpolaensis

Insecta - Hemiptera - Gerridae

Taxonomy
Gerris lunpolaensis was named by Lin (1981). Its type specimen is NIGP 47600, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lunpola Basin, Baingoin County, which is in a Priabonian lacustrine - large shale in the Niubao Formation of China.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Nel and Paicheler (1993); it was recombined as Aquarius lunpolaensis by Andersen (1998), Damgaard (2008), Cai et al. (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Gerris lunpolaensis Lin p. 345 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; text-fig 1
1981Halobates bagonensis Lin p. 346 figs. Pl 2, fig 1; text-fig 2
1998Aquarius lunpolaensis Andersen p. 59 fig. 56
2008Aquarius lunpolaensis Damgaard
2019Aquarius lunpolaensis Cai et al. p. 122 fig. 2,3

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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
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderGerromorphaPopov 1971
superfamilyGerroideaLeach 1815
familyGerridaeLeach 1815
subfamilyGerrinaeLeach 1815
genusAquarius
specieslunpolaensis()

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.

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Invalid names: Halobates bagonensis Lin 1981 [synonym]
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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9China (Xizang) Aquarius lunpolaensis (200346 224485) Gerris lunpolaensis, Halobates bagonensis (type locality: 132619)