Penthetria? fryi

†Penthetria? fryi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bibionoidea

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: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Bibionomorpha Superfamilia: Bibionoidea

Familia: Bibionidae
Subfamilia: Pleciinae
Genus: Penthetria
Species: †Penthetria? fryi

Name

• †Penthetria? fryi Rice, 1959 Plate I, figure 2; Figure 3, Nos. 2-6

Type locality

• Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Ootsa group, unnamed shale beds "Driftwood shales, Driftwood Beds, or Driftwood Canyon Shales"; East Bank, Driftwood Creek (L1b), Near Smithers, Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, British Columbia, Canada

Type material

• Holotype:GSC 14417
  • Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Collector:W. L. Fry, 1956

• Paratypes:GSC 14418-14421
  • Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Collector:W. L. Fry, 1951 & 1957

Etymology

• "Named in honour of Dr. W. L. Fry."

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Ootsa group, unnamed shale beds "Driftwood shales, Driftwood Beds, or Driftwood Canyon Shales"; East Bank, Driftwood Creek (L1b), Near Smithers, Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, British Columbia, Canada
  • Princeton Group, Allenby Formation; 40 ft (12 m) above Pleasant Valley No. 2 Mine Portal (L7g), Tulameen River, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada
  • Princeton Group, Allenby Formation; 25 ft (7.6 m) up the Tulameen River bank (L7m), 400 yd (370 m) west of the old Pleasant Valley mine portal, Tulameen River, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada

References

Primary references

• Rice, H. M. A 1959. Fossil Bibionidae (Diptera) from British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 55: 1–36. ISSN 0068-7626. https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/starweb/geoscan/servlet.starweb?path=geoscan/fulle.web&search1=R=100564.  Reference page. 

Links

• Penthetria? fryi – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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