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Palaeopsychops abruptus

Insecta - Neuroptera - Ithonidae

Taxonomy
Palaeopsychops abruptus was named by Andersen (2001). Its type specimen is GMUC 309, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Klitgarden, Mors (Copenhagen collection), which is in a Ypresian offshore ramp diatomite/volcaniclastic in the Fur Formation of Denmark.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Palaeopsychops abruptus Andersen p. 328 figs. Figs 4, 7, 9
2006Palaeopsychops abruptus Archibald and Makarkin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
Metaxyneuroptera
Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
Euneuroptera
Neoneuroptera
Geoneuroptera
superfamilyIthonoideaNewman 1853
familyIthonidaeNewman 1853
genusPalaeopsychops
speciesabruptus

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.

Palaeopsychops abruptus Andersen 2001
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Denmark Palaeopsychops abruptus (113026 113029 type locality: 113069 113070 113071 156750)