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Apheloscyta mesocampta

Insecta - Hemiptera - Scytinopteridae

Taxonomy
Apheloscyta mesocampta was named by Tillyard (1922). Its type specimen is GSQI98, a tegmen, 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 Apheloscyta.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Apheloscyta mesocampta Tillyard p. 459 figs. Pl 53 fig 33; Fig 78
1923Apheloscyta mesocampta Tillyard
1956Apheloscyta mesocampta Evans p. 208 fig. 11A
2016Apheloscyta mesocampta Lambkin p. 588 fig. 15,16

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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
genusApheloscyta
speciesmesocampta

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.

†Apheloscyta mesocampta Tillyard 1922
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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: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7Australia (Queensland) Apheloscyta mesocampta (type locality: 111558 180673)