Eorpa jurgeni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mecoptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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: Eorpidae
Genus: †Eorpa
Species: †Eorpa jurgeni

Name

†Eorpa jurgeni Archibald, Mathewes, & greenwood, 2013

Synonymy

• Panorpidae sp. indet. Archibald, Mathewes, 2000

Type Material

• Holotype: SFU Q-0096 (Forewing)
  • Repository: Simon Fraser University, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
    • Collector: Rolf W. Mathewes, 1990's

Type locality

• Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Kamloops Group, Coldwater Beds; Quilchena area outcrops circa 1980's onward; Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

Etymology

• "The specific epithet is a patronym formed from the given name of Mr. Jurgen Mathewes, brother of R.W.M., in recognition of his many years of collecting plant and insect fossils at Quilchena and donating them to SFU."

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Kamloops Group, Coldwater Beds; Quilchena area outcrops circa 1980's onward; Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

References

Primary references

• Archibald, S.B., Mathewes, R.W. & Greenwood, D.R. 2013. The Eocene apex of panorpoid scorpionfly family diversity. Journal of Paleontology 87(4): 677–695. doi:10.1666/12-129. ISSN 0022-3360.  Reference page. 

Additional references

• Archibald, S.B.; Mathewes, R.W. 2000. Early Eocene insects from Quilchena, British Columbia, and their paleoclimatic implications. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78(8): 1441–1462. doi:10.1139/cjz-78-8-1441. ISSN 0008-4301. http://ag.udel.edu/delpha/6620.pdf.  Reference page.