Dinokanaga andersoni

†Dinokanaga andersoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mecoptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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: †Dinokanaga andersoni

Name

• †Dinokanaga andersoni Archibald, 2005

Type Material

• Holotype: SR 01-06-01
  • Repository: Stonerose Interpretive Center & Eocene Fossil Site, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, Unites States
    • Collector:Eric Anderson, August 2001

Type locality

• Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanogan Highlands; Klondike Mountain Formation, Tom Thumb Tuff Member; Boot Hill (UWBM B4131), Republic, Ferry County, Washington, United States

Etymology

• "The specific epithet is from the surname of Eric Anderson, in honour of his contribution to paleoentomology in the collecting and donation of this fossil to the Stonerose Interpretive Centre."

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Klondike Mountain Formation, Tom Thumb Tuff Member; Boot Hill (UWBM B4131), Republic, Ferry County, Washington, United States

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.