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Dilophus cerestensis

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Dilophus cerestensis was named by Nel et al. (2022). Its type specimen is PNRL 2243, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Céreste (PNR Luberon collection), which is in a MP 23 lacustrine carbonate in the Campagne-Calavon Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Dilophus cerestensis Nel et al. p. 348 figs. 1-3

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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
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyBibionoidea
familyBibionidae
subfamilyBibioninae
tribeDilophini
genusDilophus
speciescerestensis

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.

†Dilophus cerestensis Nel et al. 2022
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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: MP 23 or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France Dilophus cerestensis (type locality: 157327)