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Misthodotes obtusus

Insecta - Misthodotidae

Taxonomy
Dromeus obtusus was named by Sellards (1907). 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 is the type species of Misthodotes, Dromeus.

It was recombined as Misthodotes obtusus by Handlirsch (1922), Tillyard (1932), Carpenter (1933), Carpenter (1939), Carpenter (1979).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Dromeus obtusus Sellards p. 351
1922Misthodotes obtusus Handlirsch p. 60
1932Misthodotes obtusus Tillyard p. 261 fig. 19,20
1933Misthodotes obtusus Carpenter
1939Misthodotes obtusus Carpenter p. 63 fig. 24
1979Misthodotes obtusus Carpenter figs. 11, 12

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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()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—PanephemeropteraCrampton 1928
—Ephemerida(Latreille 1810)
suborderPermoplectoptera
familyMisthodotidae
genusMisthodotes
speciesobtusus()

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.

†Misthodotes obtusus Sellards 1907
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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 (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Kansas) Dromeus obtusus (type locality: 21979) Misthodotes obtusus (111219 111320 114151)