Insecta - Cnemidolestodea - Cnemidolestidae

Alternative combinations: Cnemidolestes gaudryi, Protophasma gaudryi

Synonym: Protodiamphipnoa tertrini Brongniart 1894

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 Protodiamphipnoa according to O. Béthoux and A. Nel 2005

See also Brongniart 1885, Brongniart 1894, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1922 and Lameere 1917

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Protodiamphipnoa gaudryi: MNHN.F.R51400, 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.
• Protodiamphipnoa tertrini: Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll)

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