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Raptatores erraticus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4789523	https://www.gbif.org/species/4789523
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	289608	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=289608

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Blephariceridae : Raptatores : Raptatores erraticus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Raptatores : Raptatores erraticus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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
suborder	Nematocera	Latreille 1825
infraorder	Tipulomorpha
superfamily	Tipuloidea	Latreille 1802
genus	Raptatores	Hong 1983
species	Raptatores erraticus	Hong 1983

Generic Name

Raptatores

Scientific Name

Raptatores erraticus Hong, 1983

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Raptatores erraticus	species	belongs to Raptatores	stated with evidence	Hong, 1983

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

166 - 157 Ma
Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

166 - 157 Ma
Jurassic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

Y. C. Hong. 1983. Middle Jurassic Fossil Insects in North China

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1983	Raptatores erraticus Hong p. 109 figs. Pl 23, figs 4,5; text-fig 101

References

Hong Y. C. (1983) , Middle Jurassic Fossil Insects in North China, 1-223

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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