Insecta - Caloneurodea - Caloneuridae
Synonyms: Boltonaloneura subtilis Bolton 1925, Caloneura longicornis Handlirsch 1919, Caloneura major Handlirsch 1919, Caloneura picta Handlirsch 1919, Caloneura robusta Handlirsch 1919, Caloneura royeri Meunier 1911, Caloneura subtilis Bolton 1925, Confusio royeri Meunier 1911, Homaloneura royeri Meunier 1911
Full reference: C. Brongniart. 1885. Les insectes fossiles des terrains primaires. Coup d'oeil rapide sur la fauna entomologique des terrains paléozoïques. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences Naturelles de Rouen 21(3):50-68
Belongs to Caloneura according to O. Béthoux et al. 2004
See also Bolton 1925, Carpenter 1961, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922, Lameere 1917, Meunier 1911 and Rasnitsyn 2002
Sister taxon: Caloneura dawsonii
Type specimens:
- Caloneura dawsoni: MNHN.F.R51173, a wing. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
- Caloneura longicornis: MNHN.F.R51168, an exoskeleton (wing base, parts of thorax, legs & antennae). Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
- Caloneura major: MNHN 36-8, an exoskeleton (nearly complete insect). Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
- Caloneura picta: MNHN.F.R51174, a hindwing (distal 2/3 of hindwing). Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
- Caloneura robusta: MNHN.F.R51356, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
- Caloneura subtilis: BMNH I.7280, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Commentry (BMNH coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic mudstone in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
- Homaloneura royeri: Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of France (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 7 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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