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Juraxymyia fossilis

Insecta - Diptera - Axymyiidae

Taxonomy
Psocites fossilis was named by Zhang (2004). Its type specimen is DHG200046, an exoskeleton (nearly complete female adult, dorso-ventral aspect), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China. It is the type species of Juraxymyia.

It was recombined as Juraxymyia fossilis by Zhang (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Psocites fossilis Zhang p. 692 figs. 2(c,d), 5
2009Crenoptychoptera vicina Hao et al. p. 108 fig. 5,6
2010Juraxymyia fossilis Zhang p. 461 figs. 2F,G, 4

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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
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderAxymyiomorpha
familyAxymyiidaeShannon 1921
genusJuraxymyia
speciesfossilis()

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.

†Juraxymyia fossilis Zhang 2004
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Invalid names: Crenoptychoptera vicina Hao et al. 2009 [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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Nei Mongol) Crenoptychoptera vicina (113360 113362) Psocites fossilis (type locality: 113371)