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Tupus permianus

Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae

Taxonomy
Tupus permianus was named by Sellards (1906). It is an impression. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Typus permianus by Handlirsch (1919), Handlirsch (1922), Tillyard (1925), Carpenter (1931), Martynov (1938), Carpenter (1939).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Tupus permianus Sellards p. 249 figs. 1, 2, 4-6
1919Typus permianus Handlirsch p. 572 fig. 72
1922Typus permianus Handlirsch p. 65
1925Typus permianus Tillyard p. 49 fig. 4
1931Typus permianus Carpenter p. 104 figs. 1.2, 2.1, 2.2
1938Typus permianus Martynov p. 50 fig. 25
1939Typus permianus Carpenter p. 38 fig. 6
1944Tupus permianus Klots p. 1
1989Tupus permianus Brauckmann and Zessin p. 182

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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
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
orderMeganisoptera
familyMeganeuridae
subfamilyTupinae()
genusTupusSellards 1906
speciespermianus

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.

†Tupus permianus Sellards 1906
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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 283.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Kansas) Tupus permianus (type locality: 21979) Typus permianus (111217 111219 111319 114151)