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Protohymen bifurcatus

Insecta - Megasecoptera - Protohymenidae

Taxonomy
Protohymen bifurcatus was named by Zimmerman (1962). Its type specimen is Univ Wichita 1155, a hindwing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Tasch Nobel V, Bed 7, which is in an Artinskian lacustrine limestone in the Wellington Formation of Oklahoma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Protohymen bifurcatus Zimmerman p. 1324 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
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
familyProtohymenidae
genusProtohymen
speciesbifurcatus

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.

Protohymen bifurcatus Zimmerman 1962
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Oklahoma) Protohymen bifurcatus (type locality: 104826)