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Griphopteron molle

Insecta - Eoblattida - Blattogryllidae

Taxonomy
Griphopteron molle was named by Handlirsch (1939). Its type specimen is GPI EMAU 123/177, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany. It is the type species of Griphopteron.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Griphopteron molle Handlirsch p. 149 figs. Pl 16 fig 304
1939Griphopteron simile Handlirsch p. 149 figs. Pl 16 fig 308
1939Griphopteron singulare Handlirsch p. 149 figs. Pl 16 fig 303
1996Griphopteron molle Ansorge p. 30 figs. 23; Pl 5 fig 3
1998Griphopteron molle Storozhenko p. 175 fig. 425
2014Griphopteron molle Storozhenko and Aristov p. 23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderEoblattidaHandlirsch 1906
familyBlattogryllidae
genusGriphopteron
speciesmolle

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Griphopteron molle Handlirsch 1939
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Invalid names: Griphopteron simile Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Griphopteron singulare Handlirsch 1939 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Early/Lower Toarcian or 183.00000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany Griphopteron molle, Griphopteron singulare, Griphopteron simile (type locality: 123987)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Griphopteron molle (114993)