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Amousus mazonus

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Homoiopteridae

Taxonomy
Amousus mazonus was named by Handlirsch (1911). Its type specimen is YPM 20, a hindwing (basal third), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (YPM collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Amousus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Amousus mazonus Handlirsch p. 301 figs. Fig 4
1919Amousus mazonus Handlirsch p. 534
1922Amousus mazonus Handlirsch p. 53
1992Amousus mazonus Brauckmann and Becker p. 139

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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
RankNameAuthor
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
orderPalaeodictyoptera
familyHomoiopteridae
genusAmousus
speciesmazonus

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.

†Amousus mazonus Handlirsch 1911
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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: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Illinois) Amousus mazonus (type locality: 112630)