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Paracridites formosus

Insecta

Taxonomy
Acridites formosus was named by Goldenberg (1873). Its type specimen is Naturhist. Ver. Bonn, 23(42), a wing (wing fragment), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Fischbach, Rußhütte, which is in a Westphalian C lacustrine shale in the Lower Saarbrucker layer Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Megathentomum formosum by Scudder (1885); it was recombined as Paracridites formosus by Handlirsch (1906), von Schlechtendal (1913), Guthörl (1934).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Acridites formosus Goldenberg p. 18 figs. Pl 2, fig 18
1877Acridites formosus Goldenberg p. 51
1885Megathentomum formosum Scudder p. 347
1906Paracridites formosus Handlirsch p. 322 figs. Pl XXXIII fig 17
1913Paracridites formosus von Schlechtendal p. 154 figs. Pl 1, fig 16; pl 10, fig 4
1934Paracridites formosus Guthörl pp. 166-168 figs. 109; Pl 25 fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
genusParacridites
speciesformosus()

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.

†Paracridites formosus Goldenberg 1873
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Diagnosis
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