Dinokanaga

†Dinokanaga andersoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mecoptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Mecoptera

Subordo:Pistillifera
Superfamilia:Panorpoidea
Familia: †Dinopanorpidae
Genus: †Dinokanaga
Species: †D. andersoni –†D. dowsonae –†D. hillsi –†D. sternbergi – †D. webbi – †D. wilsoni

Name

• †Dinokanaga Archibald, 2005
  • Type species: †Dinokanaga hillsi Archibald, 2005

Etymology

• "From the Greek deino ("terrible, monstrous") referring to the large size of dinosaurs, as well as to Dinopanorpidae; and the suffix — okanaga, alluding to the Okanagan Highlands. Gender: feminine."

References

• Archibald, S.B. 2005. New Dinopanorpidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Eocene Okanagan Highlands (British Columbia, Canada and Washington State, USA). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42(2): 119–136. doi:10.1139/e04-073. ISSN 0008-4077.  Reference page. 

Links

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