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Drosophila (Drosophila) succini ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	260700	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=260700

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Drosophilidae : Drosophila : Drosophila (Drosophila) succini

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
-	Aparaglossata
-	Mecopterida
superorder	Antliophora
order	Diptera	Linnaeus 1758
-	Neodiptera	Michelsen 1994
suborder	Brachycera	Zetterstedt 1842
-	Heterodactyla
-	Eremoneura	Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
suborder	Cyclorrhapha
-	Schizophora	Becher 1882
superfamily	Ephydroidea	Zetterstedt 1837
family	Drosophilidae	Rondani 1856
subfamily	Drosophilinae	Rondani 1856
tribe	Drosophilini	Rondani 1856
genus	Drosophila	Fallen 1823
subgenus	Drosophila (Drosophila)	Fallen 1823
species	Drosophila (Drosophila) succini	Grimaldi 1987

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Drosophila (Drosophila) succini	species	belongs to Drosophila (Drosophila)	stated with evidence	Grimaldi, 1987

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene

Last Recorded Appearance

20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

D. A. Grimaldi. 1987. Amber fossil Drosophilidae (Diptera), with particular reference to the Hispaniolan taxa. American Museum Novitates 2880:1-23

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1987	Drosophila (Drosophila) succini Grimaldi p. 5 figs. 6-8, 12, 13

Grimaldi D. A. (1987) Amber fossil Drosophilidae (Diptera), with particular reference to the Hispaniolan taxa, American Museum Novitates 2880, 1-23

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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