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Protohymen readi

Insecta - Megasecoptera - Protohymenidae

Taxonomy
Protohymen readi was named by Carpenter (1933). Its type specimen is MCZ 3257ab, an exoskeleton (four wings attached to complete body), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Elmo, MCZ 1932 collection Upper Limestone, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Protohymen readi Carpenter
1962Protohymen readi Zimmerman p. 1324 fig. 3

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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
speciesreadi

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 readi Carpenter 1933
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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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Oklahoma) Protohymen readi (104826)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Kansas) Protohymen readi (type locality: 111319 114151)