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Sphecoptera gracilis

Insecta - Megasecoptera - Sphecopteridae

Taxonomy
Sphecoptera gracilis was named by Brongniart (1894). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R51145-51246, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France. It is the type species of Sphecoptera.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Sphecoptera gracilis Brongniart p. 295 figs. Pl 15, figs 5,6
1906Sphecoptera gracilis Handlirsch p. 319 figs. Pl XXXIII fig 9
1951Sphecoptera gracilis Carpenter p. 345 fig. 5
1992Sphecoptera gracilis Carpenter p. 48 fig. 29,4

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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
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
Megasecopteromorpha
orderMegasecoptera
familySphecopteridae
genusSphecoptera
speciesgracilis

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.

Sphecoptera gracilis Brongniart 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9France Sphecoptera gracilis (type locality: 103635)