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Megachorista khalfini

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8517507https://www.gbif.org/species/8517507
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)211999https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=211999
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Mecoptera : Kaltanidae : Megachorista : Megachorista khalfini
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Mecoptera : Kaltanidae : Megachorista : Megachorista khalfini
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
familyKaltanidaeMartynova 1958
genusMegachoristaMartynova 1958
speciesMegachorista khalfiniMartynova 1958
Generic NameMegachorista
Scientific NameMegachorista khalfini Martynova, 1958
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Megachorista khalfinispeciesbelongs to Megachoristastated with evidenceMartynova, 1958
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance272 - 265 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance272 - 265 Ma
Permian
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)O. M. Martynova. 1958. Novye nasekomye iz Permskikh i Mezozoiskikh otlozhenii SSSR [=New insects from the Permian and Mesozoic deposits of the USSR]. Materialy po Osnovam Paleontologii 2:69-94

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1958Megachorista khalfini Martynova p. 81 fig. 13
1961Megachorista khalfini Martynova p. 514 figs. Pl 37, fig 247; text-fig 459
1978Megachorista khalfini Willmann p. 8
1997Megachorista khalfini Novokshonov p. 35 fig. 10b

References

Martynova O. M. (1958) Novye nasekomye iz Permskikh i Mezozoiskikh otlozhenii SSSR [=New insects from the Permian and Mesozoic deposits of the USSR], Materialy po Osnovam Paleontologii 2, 69-94
Martynova O. M. (1961) Neuropteroidea, Mecopteroidea, Trichoptera in Paleozoiskie nasekomye kuznetskogo basseina, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 85, 469-593
Willmann R. (1978) Mecoptera (Insecta, Holometabola), Fossilum Catalogus, Animalia 124, 1-139
Novokshonov V. G. (1997) , Rannyaya Evolyutsiya Skorpionnits (Insecta: Panorpida), 1-140
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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