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Archaeolepis mane

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Archaeolepiidae

Taxonomy
Archaeolepis mane was named by Whalley (1985). Its type specimen is BMNH In 59397, a wing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Birchi Nodules, Black Ven, Charmouth, which is in a Turneri marine mudstone/limestone in the Shales with Beef Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Archaeolepis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Archaeolepis mane Whalley p. 160 figs. Figs 58-60

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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
Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
Metamphiesmenoptera
Euamphiesmenoptera
Panendymenoptera
Endymenoptera
Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
familyArchaeolepiidae()
genusArchaeolepis
speciesmane

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.

Archaeolepis mane Whalley 1985
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Turneri or 196.50000 to 189.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turneri196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Archaeolepis mane (type locality: 114645)