Dinokanaga webbi

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 webbi

Name

• †Dinokanaga webbi Archibald, 2005

Type Material

• Holotype: UAFIC 7075 (mostly complete hindwing)
  • Repository: University of Alberta Freshwater Invertebrate Collection, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • Collector: Mark V. H. Wilson, 1987

Type locality

• Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanogan Highlands; Unnamed sediments group; Unnamed Shale beds "Horsefly Shales"; Horsefly Mine Upper Beds (L88, UA locality H2, Horsefly 2), Horsefly River Valley, Cariboo region, central British Columbia, Canada

Etymology

• "The specific epithet is a patronymic in hour of Robin Webb, in recognition of his support of paleontology in British Columbia."

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanogan Highlands
  • Unnamed sediments group; Unnamed Shale beds "Horsefly Shales"; Horsefly Mine Upper Beds (L88, UA locality H2, Horsefly 2), Horsefly River Valley, Cariboo region, central British Columbia, Canada

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.