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Psychroptilus burrettae

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Psychroptilidae

Taxonomy
Psychroptilus burrettae was named by Riek (1976). Its type specimen is Univ Tasmania 94563, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Hellyer Gorge, which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine - small claystone in the Wynyard Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Psychroptilus burrettae Riek p. 232 figs. 1-2
1992Psychroptilus burrettae Clarke p. 48 fig. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
RankNameAuthor
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
orderPalaeodictyoptera
familyPsychroptilidae
genusPsychroptilus
speciesburrettae

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.

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Diagnosis
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