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Oligotypus

Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Oligotypus Carpenter p. 106
1947Oligotypus Carpenter p. 49
1983Oligotypus Zessin
1989Oligotypus Brauckmann and Zessin p. 198
1992Oligotypus Carpenter p. 62
2008Sinomeganeura Prokop et al. p. 225
2009Oligotypus Nel et al. p. 94
2009Sinomeganeura Nel et al. p. 96

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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
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
Euhydropalaeoptera
OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
Palaeodonatoptera
Plesiodonatoptera
Apodonatoptera
Paneodonatoptera
Neodonatoptera
orderMeganisoptera
familyMeganeuridae
subfamilyMeganeurinaeHandlirsch 1906
genusOligotypus

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.

G. †Oligotypus Carpenter 1931
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Oligotypus huangheensis Prokop et al. 2008
Oligotypus makowskii Carpenter and Richardson 1971
Oligotypus tillyardi Carpenter 1931
Oligotypus tuscaloosae Beckemeyer and Engel 2011
Invalid names: Sinomeganeura Prokop et al. 2008 [synonym]
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: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Artinskian or 318.70000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9USA (Alabama) O. tuscaloosae (126587)
Westphalian B - Westphalian C316.9 - 309.8China (Ningxia) Sinomeganeura huangheensis (139576)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Illinois) O. makowskii (151850)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Kansas) O. sp., O. tillyardi (111217) O. tillyardi (111319 111365)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Oklahoma) O. tillyardi (104824)