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Eucaenus

Insecta - Protorthoptera - Eucaenidae

Taxonomy

Eucaenus was named by Scudder (1885). Its type is Eucaenus ovalis. It is the type genus of Eucaenidae.

It was assigned to Palaeodictyoptera by Scudder (1885); and to Eucaenidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1911), Handlirsch (1919), Handlirsch (1922), Carpenter and Richardson (1976) and Carpenter (1992).

Species

E. ovalis (syn. Teneopteron mirabile, E. attenuatus, E. mazonus, E. minor) (type species)

Synonyms

Teneopteron was named by Carpenter (1943).

It was synonymized subjectively with Eucaenus by Carpenter and Richardson (1976) and Carpenter (1992).

It was assigned to Teneopteridae by Richardson (1956).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1885	Eucaenus Scudder p. 325
1906	Eucaenus Handlirsch p. 165
1911	Eucaenus Handlirsch
1919	Eucaenus Handlirsch p. 562
1922	Eucaenus Handlirsch p. 105
1943	Teneopteron Carpenter p. 17
1956	Teneopteron Richardson p. 46
1976	Eucaenus Carpenter and Richardson p. 225
1992	Eucaenus Carpenter p. 105

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta

Rank	Name	Author
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
order	Protorthoptera
family	Eucaenidae
genus	Eucaenus

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.

G. †Eucaenus Scudder 1885

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†Eucaenus ovalis Scudder 1885

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Invalid names: Eucaenus attenuatus Melander 1903 [synonym], Eucaenus mazonus Melander 1903 [synonym], Eucaenus minor Handlirsch 1911 [synonym], Teneopteron mirabile Carpenter 1943 [synonym]

Invalid names: Teneopteron Carpenter 1943 [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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections (15 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D	309.8 - 307.5	USA (Illinois)	E. attenuatus (122523) E. mazonus (122521) E. ovalis (112637 122493 122538 124838 124841 124844 151849 163065 163066) E. ovalis, E. attenuatus (21981) E. ovalis, E. mazonus, E. minor (112630) Teneopteron mirabile (122532 133734)