Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll) (Carboniferous of France)
Where: France (46.3° N, 2.8° E: paleocoordinates 2.1° S, 15.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Commentry Shales Formation, Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)
• Stephanian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine deltaic; lithified shale
• Fossiliferous layers are of fresh water origin and are allochthonous, apparently deposited by streams in delta-like, detritic sediments along the shore of a lake. Dextral strike-slip transtension in an intermontane setting following the Variscan orogeny.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Henri Fayol in 1880-1890; reposited in the MNHN
• Collected by Fayol (mining engineer and later director at Compagnie de Commentry-Fourchambeau-Decazeville) collected during his early study on the stratigraphy and sediments of the Commentry coal basin. All insects are at the Institute de Paleontologie in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
Primary reference: C. Brongniart. 1878. Note sur un nouveau genre d'Orthoptère fossile de la famille des phasmiens provenant des terrains supra-houilleres de Commentry (Allier) (Protophasma dumasii). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Sixième Série, Zoologie et Paléontologie 7(4):1-9 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 103635: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.01.2011, edited by Jered Karr
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Insects described by Brongniart
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"Archaeoptilus lacazei n. sp." = Archaeoptilites lucasi9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51284
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Megaptilus blanchardi n. gen. n. sp.7
Megaptilus blanchardi n. gen. n. sp.7 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51138; Titanophasma fayoli specimen in Brongniart, 1883
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"Spilaptera guernei n. sp." = Apopappus guernei9, "Dictyoneura goldenbergi n. sp." = Lycocercus goldenbergi7, "Lycocercus brongniarti n. sp." = Lycocercus goldenbergi10
"Dictyoneura goldenbergi n. sp." = Lycocercus goldenbergi7 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R52934, 53332
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Lithomantis woodwardi n. sp.8
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"Graphiptilus heeri n. gen. n. sp." = Graphiptilus heeri9, "Graphiptilus williamsoni n. sp." = Graphiptilus heeri9, Rhabdoptilus edwardsi n. gen. n. sp.9
"Graphiptilus heeri n. gen. n. sp." = Graphiptilus heeri9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51267
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Dictyoptilus renaulti n. sp.9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect lectotype missing; paralectotype is MNHN.F.R51390
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Protagrion audouini n. gen. n. sp.9
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"Zeilleria fusca n. sp." = Compsoneura fusca7, Compsoneura formosa n. sp.9, Pseudomecynostoma dubium n. gen. n. sp.11, Paramecynostoma dohrnianum n. gen. n. sp.11
Pseudomecynostoma dubium n. gen. n. sp.11 Handlirsch 1919 winged insect Mecynostoma dohrni, pl 37, fig 10 in Brongniart, 1894
Paramecynostoma dohrnianum n. gen. n. sp.11 Handlirsch 1919 winged insect Mecynostoma dohrni, pl 37, fig 9 in Brongniart, 1894
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"Mecynostoma dohrni n. gen. n. sp." = Mecynostomata dohrni9
"Mecynostoma dohrni n. gen. n. sp." = Mecynostomata dohrni9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51152
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Lamproptilia stirrupi n. sp.9, "Spilaptera meunieri n. sp." = Epitethe meunieri9, Spilaptera packardi n. gen. n. sp.7, Spilaptera venusta n. sp.9, Spilaptera libelluloides n. sp.9, "Graphiptilus ramondi n. sp." = Spiloptilus ramondi9, Palaeoptilus brullei n. gen. n. sp.9, Homaloneura bonnieri n. sp.9, Homaloneura elegans n. gen. n. sp.7, Homaloneura bucklandi n. sp.9, Homaloneura ornata n. sp.9, Homaloneura joannae n. sp.9, Homaloneura punctata n. sp.9, Homaloneura lehmani n. sp.14, Becquerelia superba n. gen. n. sp.9, Becquerelia tincta n. sp.9, Becquerelia elegans n. sp.9, "Becquerelia grehanti n. sp." = Tectoptilus grehanti9, Lamproptilia grandeuryi n. gen. n. sp.7
Homaloneura elegans n. gen. n. sp.7 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51225, MNHN.F.A38760 (other specimen mentioned?)
Homaloneura ornata n. sp.9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51066 (not specimen in pl 17, fig 15)
Homaloneura punctata n. sp.9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51080 (and another specimen mentioned by Brongniart but not in MNHN)
Homaloneura lehmani n. sp.14 Kukalová 1969 winged insect MNHN.F.R52933; Homaloneura ornata Brongniart (pl 17, fig 15)
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Mecynostomites brongniarti n. gen. n. sp.11, "Megaptilus scudderi n. sp." = Paramegaptilus scudderi9, Titanophasma fayoli n. gen. n. sp.4
Mecynostomites brongniarti n. gen. n. sp.11 Handlirsch 1919 winged insect Mecynostoma dohrni, pl 37, figs 11/12 in Brongniart, 1894
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"Heeria vaillanti n. gen. n. sp." = Microdictya vaillanti9, "Stenodictya gaudryi n. sp." = Microdictya vaillanti9, "Heeria hamyi n. sp." = Microdictya hamyi9, Stenodictya oustaleti n. sp.9, "Stenodictya fritschii n. sp." = Stenodictya fritschi9, Stenodictya minima n. sp.9, "Scudderia spinosa n. sp." = Stenodictya spinosa8, "Scudderia lobata n. sp." = Stenodictya lobata8, Stenodictya perrieri n. sp.9, Stenodictya arnaudi n. sp.9
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Brongniartula rastrata n. gen. n. sp.11
Brongniartula rastrata n. gen. n. sp.11 Handlirsch 1919 winged insect "Fragment indeterminable" in Brongniart, 1893 (pl 40, fig 13)
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"Psilothorax longicauda n. gen. n. sp." = Psilothorax longicauda9, "Psilothorax pictus n. sp." = Psilothorax longicauda11, "Woodwardia nigra n. sp." = Mischoptera nigra7, "Mischoptera ocellata n. sp." = Mischoptera nigra11, "Mischoptera infumata n. sp." = Mischoptera nigra11, "Mischoptera concolor n. sp." = Mischoptera nigra11, "Mischoptera woodwardi n. sp." = Mischoptera nigra9
"Psilothorax longicauda n. gen. n. sp." = Psilothorax longicauda9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51279, 51053
"Psilothorax pictus n. sp." = Psilothorax longicauda11 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51275; P. longicauda in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 13, fig 12; pl 14, fig 4)
"Mischoptera ocellata n. sp." = Mischoptera nigra11 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51329; M. woodwardi in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 13, fig 4; pl 14, fig 6)
"Mischoptera infumata n. sp." = Mischoptera nigra11 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51327; M. woodwardi in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 13, fig 5; 14, fig 7)
"Mischoptera concolor n. sp." = Mischoptera nigra11 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51412; M. woodwardi in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 13, fig 2; pl 14, fig 5)
"Mischoptera woodwardi n. sp." = Mischoptera nigra9 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51333, 51060, 51328 in collection (3 made types of new species by Handlirsch)
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"Aspidothorax triangularis n. gen. n. sp." = Aspidothorax triangularis9, "Aspidothorax nanus n. sp." = Aspidothorax triangularis11, "Aspidothorax maculatus n. sp." = Aspidothorax triangularis9
"Aspidothorax triangularis n. gen. n. sp." = Aspidothorax triangularis9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51163
"Aspidothorax nanus n. sp." = Aspidothorax triangularis11 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R52935; A. triangularis in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 17, fig 4)
"Aspidothorax maculatus n. sp." = Aspidothorax triangularis9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51271
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Sphecoptera pulchra n. sp.9, Sphecoptera gracilis n. gen. n. sp.9, "Cyclocelis minor n. sp." = Sphecoptera minor9, "Cyclocelis chatini n. sp." = Cyclocelis chatini9, "Sphecoptera brongniartiana n. sp." = Cyclocelis chatini11, "Sphecoptera fenestrata n. sp." = Cyclocelis chatini11, Cyclocelis obscura n. sp.9, Cyclocelis acuta n. sp.9
"Sphecoptera brongniartiana n. sp." = Cyclocelis chatini11 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51307; part of Cyclocelis chatini in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 16, fig 2)
"Sphecoptera fenestrata n. sp." = Cyclocelis chatini11 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51311; part of Cyclocelis chatini in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 16, fig 3)
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"Corydaloides scudderi n. gen. n. sp." = Corydaloides scudderi7, "Corydaloides longipennis n. sp." = Corydaloides scudderi11, "Corydaloides simplex n. sp." = Corydaloides scudderi9, "Corydaliodes gracilior n. sp." = Corydaloides scudderi11, "Corydaloides brongniarti n. sp." = Corydaloides scudderi11
"Corydaloides scudderi n. gen. n. sp." = Corydaloides scudderi7 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51157, 51160, 51251
"Corydaloides longipennis n. sp." = Corydaloides scudderi11 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51252; C. scudderi in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 16, fig 10)
"Corydaliodes gracilior n. sp." = Corydaloides scudderi11 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51231; C. scudderi in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 16, fig 9)
"Corydaloides brongniarti n. sp." = Corydaloides scudderi11 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51257; C. scudderi in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 16, fig 7)
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Ischnoptilus elegans n. gen. n. sp.9
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Diaphanoptera munieri n. gen. n. sp.9, "Anthracothremma scudderi n. sp." = Diaphanoptera scudderi9, Diaphanoptera vetusta n. sp.9
"Anthracothremma scudderi n. sp." = Diaphanoptera scudderi9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R52937
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Amorphoblatta brongniarti n. gen. n. sp.10, "Dictyomylacris insignis n. sp." = Dictyomylacris insignis9, "Mesitoblatta brongniarti n. gen. n. sp." = Dictyomylacris insignis10, "Dictyomylacris poiraulti n. sp." = Dictyomylacris insignis9
Amorphoblatta brongniarti n. gen. n. sp.10 Handlirsch 1906 cockroach MNHN.F.R51148; Anthracoblattina gigantea in Brongniart, 1893 Pl 47 fig 2
"Mesitoblatta brongniarti n. gen. n. sp." = Dictyomylacris insignis10 Brongniart 1894 cockroach MNHN.F.R51547
"Dictyomylacris poiraulti n. sp." = Dictyomylacris insignis9 Brongniart 1894 cockroach MNHN.F.R51549
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Asemoblatta brongniartiana n. sp.10, Miaroblatta elata n. gen. n. sp.10, Syncoptoblatta thoracica n. gen. n. sp.10
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"Blattoidea indet." = Blattodea10
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Phyloblatta reniformis n. sp.10, "Etoblattina brongniarti n. sp." = Phyloblatta gaudryi17, "Phyloblatta agnusi n. sp." = Phyloblatta gaudryi10, "Phyloblatta brongniarti n. sp." = Phyloblatta gaudryi10, "Phyloblatta gallica n. sp." = Phyloblatta gaudryi10, "Phyloblatta stephanensis n. sp." = Phyloblatta gaudryi10, Phyloblatta anonyma n. sp.12, Anthracoblattina ensifer n. sp.9, Anthracoblattina gigantea n. sp.9
"Etoblattina brongniarti n. sp." = Phyloblatta gaudryi17 Agnus 1903 winged insect MNHN.F.R51144 (Etoblattina sp. in pl 31, fig 4 of Brongniart, 1894)
"Phyloblatta agnusi n. sp." = Phyloblatta gaudryi10 Agnus 1903 winged insect Etoblattina sp. in Brongniart in 1893
"Phyloblatta brongniarti n. sp." = Phyloblatta gaudryi10 Agnus 1903 winged insect Etoblattina sp. in Brongniart in 1893
"Phyloblatta gallica n. sp." = Phyloblatta gaudryi10 Agnus 1903 winged insect Etoblattina sp. in Brongniart in 1893
"Phyloblatta stephanensis n. sp." = Phyloblatta gaudryi10 Agnus 1903 winged insect Etoblattina sp. in Brongniart in 1893
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"Fulgorina goldenbergi n. sp." = Blattinopsis goldenbergi7, Blattinopsis major n. sp.13, "Fulgorina ovalis n. sp." = Blattinopsis ovalis9, Rhipidioptera elegans n. gen. n. sp.9
"Fulgorina goldenbergi n. sp." = Blattinopsis goldenbergi7 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51516, 51567, 51513, 51514
Blattinopsis major n. sp.13 Handlirsch 1937 winged insect Fulgorina (=Blattinopsis) ovalis specimen in Brongniart's fig. 3
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Ischnoneura delicatula n. sp.9, Ischnoneura brongniarti n. sp.15, "Leptoneura oustaleti n. sp." = Ischnoneura oustaleti7
Ischnoneura brongniarti n. sp.15 Lameere 1917 winged insect Stenoneura robusta in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 32, fig 8)
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"Stenoneura robusta n. sp." = Eoblatta robusta9
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"Sthenaropoda fischeri n. gen. n. sp." = Gerarus fischeri7, "Archaeacridites bruesi" = Gerarus fischeri15, "Sthenaropoda lerichei" = Gerarus fischeri15
"Sthenaropoda fischeri n. gen. n. sp." = Gerarus fischeri7 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51128, 51269, 51227; 2 other specimens re-identified by Lameere, 1917)
"Archaeacridites bruesi" = Gerarus fischeri15 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51354; Sthenaropoda fischeri in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 36, fig 4)
"Sthenaropoda lerichei" = Gerarus fischeri15 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51146; Sthenaropoda fischeri in Brongniart, 1894 (Pl 35, fig 6)
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Protokollaria ingens n. gen. n. sp.7, Sthenarocera pachytyloides n. gen. n. sp.7, Sthenarocera bureaui n. sp.9
Sthenarocera pachytyloides n. gen. n. sp.7 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN-DHT-R51104, MNHN-LP-R51107
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Caloneura dawsonii n. gen. n. sp.7, "Caloneura robusta n. sp." = Caloneura dawsoni11, "Caloneura longicornis n. sp." = Caloneura dawsoni11, "Caloneura picta n. sp." = Caloneura dawsoni11, "Caloneura major n. sp." = Caloneura dawsoni11
"Caloneura robusta n. sp." = Caloneura dawsoni11 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51356 (one of Caloneura dawsoni in Brongniart,1894, pl 36, fig 10)
"Caloneura longicornis n. sp." = Caloneura dawsoni11 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51168 (one of Caloneura dawsoni in Brongniart, 1894, pl 36, fig 9)
"Caloneura picta n. sp." = Caloneura dawsoni11 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51174 (one of Caloneura dawsoni in Brongniart,1894, pl 36, fig 7)
"Caloneura major n. sp." = Caloneura dawsoni11 Brongniart 1885 winged insect part of Caloneura dawsoni in Brongniart, 1894, pl 36, figs 8,11
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"Protophasma woodwardii n. sp." = Cnemidolestes woodwardi5, "Protophasma gaudryi n. sp." = Protodiamphipnoa gaudryi7, "Protodiamphipnoa tertrini n. gen. n. sp." = Protodiamphipnoa gaudryi9
"Protophasma woodwardii n. sp." = Cnemidolestes woodwardi5 Brongniart 1883 winged insect MNHN.F.R51272, R51334
"Protodiamphipnoa tertrini n. gen. n. sp." = Protodiamphipnoa gaudryi9 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51205, 51416, 51045
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"Ischnoneura elongata n. sp." = Ctenoptilus elongatus9
"Ischnoneura elongata n. sp." = Ctenoptilus elongatus9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51216, 51071 (I. oustaleti in Brongniart, 1893, pl 36, figs 1,2), 11197 in Bethoux & Nel, 2005
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"Homalophlebia courtini n. sp." = Parahomalophlebia courtini9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51149
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Gerarianus commentryanus n. gen. n. sp.11, "Oedischia maximae n. sp." = Commentrya maximae9, "Gerarus commentryi" = Gerarites commentryi9
Gerarianus commentryanus n. gen. n. sp.11 Handlirsch 1919 winged insect Specimen of Gerarus commentryi in fig. 11 of Brongniart, 1894
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"Grylloblattida indet." = Grylloblattodea1
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Protoperla westwoodi n. gen. n. sp.9
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"Stenoneura maximi n. sp." = Stenoneurites maximi9
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"Fabrecia pygmaea n. sp." = Palaeocixius antiquus16, "Fabrecia minuta n. sp." = Palaeocixius antiquus16
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"Meganeura selysii n. sp." = Meganeurula selysii9, "Dictyoneura monyi n. sp." = Meganeura monyi6, "Meganeura fafnir n. sp." = Meganeura monyi10, "Meganeura brongniartiana n. sp." = Meganeura monyi11, "Meganeura brongniarti n. sp." = Meganeura monyi10, "Meganeura aeroplana n. sp." = Meganeura monyi11, "Meganeura draco n. sp." = Meganeura monyi11
"Dictyoneura monyi n. sp." = Meganeura monyi6 Brongniart 1884 griffinfly MNHN.F.R51142; Handlirsch assigned all specimens except lectotype to new species
"Meganeura fafnir n. sp." = Meganeura monyi10 Brongniart 1884 griffinfly MNHN.F.R51140; (Specimen of M. monyi in Brongniart, 1894, pl 25, fig 5)
"Meganeura brongniartiana n. sp." = Meganeura monyi11 Brongniart 1884 griffinfly MNHN.F.R53003; Specimen of M. monyi in Brongniart, 1894 (fig 2) and part of M. brongniarti in Handlirsch, 1906
"Meganeura brongniarti n. sp." = Meganeura monyi10 Brongniart 1884 griffinfly MNHN.F.R51125; (Specimen of M. monyi in Brongniart, 1893, pl. 25, fig. 3)
"Meganeura aeroplana n. sp." = Meganeura monyi11 Brongniart 1884 griffinfly MNHN.F.R53004; Specimen of M. monyi in Brongniart, 1894 (fig 4) and part of M. monyi in Handlirsch, 1906
"Meganeura draco n. sp." = Meganeura monyi11 Brongniart 1884 griffinfly MNHN.F.R53002; Specimen of M. monyi in Brongniart, 1894 (fig 5) and part of M. fafnir in Handlirsch, 1906
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Campyloptera eatoni n. gen. n. sp.9
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"Blanchardia pulchella n. gen. n. sp." = Triplosoba pulchella9
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Dasyleptus noli n. sp.18 Rasnitsyn 1999 jumping bristletails MNHN.F.R55212 (paratype of D. lucasi Brongniart 1885)
Dasyleptus lucasi n. gen. n. sp.7 Brongniart 1885 jumping bristletails MNHN.F.R55214, R55215-17, A38842, A38844-61, A38965-79
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Stenoneura fayoli n. gen. n. sp.9
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Protophasma dumasi n. gen. n. sp.3
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Neurostena fayoliana n. gen. n. sp.11 Handlirsch 1919 insect MNHN.F.R51229; Stenoneura fayoli (pl 36, fig 4) in Brongniart 1894
? Aspidothorax dubius n. sp.11 Handlirsch 1919 insect A. maculatus in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 17, fig 8)
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Arthropleura fayoli n. sp.2
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1Béthoux et al. 2005; 2Boule 1893; 3Brongniart 1878; 4Brongniart 1882; 5Brongniart 1883; 6Brongniart 1884; 7Brongniart 1885; 8Brongniart 1890; 9Brongniart 1894; 10Handlirsch 1906; 11Handlirsch 1919; 12Handlirsch 1920; 13Handlirsch 1937; 14Kukalová 1969; 15Lameere 1917; 16Meunier 1911; 17Meunier 1921; 18Rasnitsyn 1999