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Gerontodacus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)381784https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=381784
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Ceratopogonidae : Gerontodacus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
-Aparaglossata
-Mecopterida
superorderAntliophora
orderDipteraLinnaeus 1758
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyChironomoideaMacquart 1838
familyCeratopogonidaeNewman 1834
genusGerontodacusBorkent 2019
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Gerontodacusgenusbelongs to Ceratopogonidaestated with evidenceBorkent, 2019
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance130 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance105 - 100 Ma
Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Borkent. 2019. The phylogenetic relationships of Cretaceous biting midges, with a key to all known genera (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). American Museum Novitates 3921:1-48

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Gerontodacus krzeminskii
species
listed (PBDB)1130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Gerontodacus punctus
species
listed (PBDB)3130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Gerontodacus skalskii
species
listed (PBDB)3112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Gerontodacus succineus
species
listed (PBDB)2130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2019Gerontodacus Borkent p. 18

References

Borkent A. (2019) The phylogenetic relationships of Cretaceous biting midges, with a key to all known genera (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), American Museum Novitates 3921, 1-48
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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