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Rhaphidiopsis diversipenna

Insecta - Diaphanopterodea - Rhaphidiopsidae

Taxonomy
Rhaphidiopsis diversipenna was named by Scudder (1893). Its type specimen is Coll Clark 179, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Lockonosett Mine, Cranston, which is in a Westphalian terrestrial horizon in Rhode Island.

Entered
by J. Karr (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2011-07-15

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Rhaphidiopsis diversipenna Scudder p. 11 figs. Pl 1, c, d
1906Rhaphidiopsis diversipenna Handlirsch p. 320 figs. Pl XXXII fig 18
1984Rhaphidiopsis diversipenna Durden p. 178

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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
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
—Megasecopteromorpha
orderDiaphanopterodea
familyRhaphidiopsidae
genusRhaphidiopsis
speciesdiversipenna

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.

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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: Westphalian or 318.70000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian318.7 - 307.4USA (Rhode Island) Rhaphidiopsis diversipenna (type locality: 112701)