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Protelytron dunbari

Insecta - Protelytroptera - Protelytridae

Taxonomy
Protelytron dunbari was named by Tillyard (1931). Its type specimen is YPM 5418, an exoskeleton (complete insect), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Elmo, YPM 1921 collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Protelytron dunbari Tillyard p. 242 fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—ExopterygotaSharp 1899
orderProtelytroptera
familyProtelytridae
genusProtelytron
speciesdunbari

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.

†Protelytron dunbari Tillyard 1931
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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 279.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Kansas) Protelytron dunbari (type locality: 111219)