| Choristotanyderus nanus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mecoptera |
| Family: | †Permotanyderidae |
| Genus: | †Choristotanyderus |
| Species: | †C. nanus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Choristotanyderus nanus Riek, 1953
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Choristotanyderus is an extinct, monotypic genus of protodipteran insect containing a single species, Choristotanyderus nanus which lived during the Permian period. The genus and species were first described by Edgar Frederick Riek in 1953 from a specimen found in New South Wales, Australia.[1] It is considered a transitional form between Mecoptera and Diptera.[2] The genus is placed in the protodipteran family Permotanyderidae with the related genus Permotanyderus.[1]
- ^ a b Neal L. Evenhuis. "Appendix II. Fossil Diptera of Australasia and Oceania". Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (PDF). Hawaii Biological Survey. pp. 805–807. ISBN 90-04-08668-4.
- ^ Gene Kritsky (1987). "Fossil Insects: Pests of Creation". 7 (1). National Center for Science Education: 13–19.
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