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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Raphidioptera : Raphidiidae : Megaraphidia : Megaraphidia elegans |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Raphidioptera : Raphidiidae : Megaraphidia : Megaraphidia elegans |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Megaraphidia |
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| Scientific Name | Megaraphidia elegans Cockerell, 1907 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Megaraphidia elegans | species | belongs to Megaraphidia | stated with evidence | Cockerell, 1907 | | Megaraphidia elegans | species | belongs to Raphidia | stated with evidence | Carpenter, 1936 | | Megaraphidia elegans | species | belongs to Megaraphidia | stated with evidence | Makarkin and Archibald, 2014 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) |
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| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. D. A. Cockerell. 1907. Some fossil arthropods from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23:605-616 |
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| Cockerell T. D. A. (1907) Some fossil arthropods from Florissant, Colorado, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23, 605-616 |
| Carpenter F. M. (1936) Revision of the Nearctic Raphidiodea (recent and fossil), Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 71, 89-158 |
| Engel M. S. (2002) The smallest snakefly (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae): a new species in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, with a catalog of fossil snakeflies, American Museum Novitates 3363, 1-22 |
| Makarkin V. N., Archibald S. B. (2014) A revision of the late Eocene snakeflies (Raphidioptera) of the Florissant Formation, Colorado, with special reference to the wing venation of the Raphidiomorpha, Zootaxa 3784, 401-444 |
| Cockerell, T. D. A. (1907) Some fossil arthropods from Florissant, Colorado.: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23:605-616. - via Catalogue of Life |
Megaraphidia elegans ✝
