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Mesoscytina australis

Insecta - Hemiptera - Scytinopteridae

Taxonomy
Mesoscytina australis was named by Tillyard (1919). Its type specimen is GSQI112, a tegmen (Complete), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Mesoscytina.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Mesoscytina australis Tillyard p. 871 figs. Fig 5
1919Mesoscytina affinis Tillyard p. 872 figs. Fig 6
1919Triassoscarta subcostalis Tillyard p. 874 figs. Fig 8
1923Mesoscytina affinis Tillyard
1923Mesoscytina australis Tillyard
1923Triassoscarta subcostalis Tillyard
1956Mesoscytina australis Evans p. 209 fig. 12B
1956Triassocarta subcostalis Evans p. 217 fig. 16A
2016Mesoscytina australis Lambkin p. 582 figs. 1-3

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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
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
—HemelytrataFallen 1829
—ProsorrhynchaSorensen et al. 1995
infraorderScytinopteromorpha()
superfamilyScytinopteroideaHandlirsch 1906
familyScytinopteridae
genusMesoscytina
speciesaustralis

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.

†Mesoscytina australis Tillyard 1919
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Invalid names: Mesoscytina affinis Tillyard 1919 [synonym], Triassoscarta subcostalis Tillyard 1919 [synonym]
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: base of the Anisian to the top of the Norian or 246.70000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Australia (Queensland) Mesoscytina australis (160468)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Australia (Queensland) Mesoscytina australis, Mesoscytina affinis, Triassoscarta subcostalis (type locality: 111558)