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Polycreagra elegans

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Polycreagridae

Taxonomy
Polycreagra elegans was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type specimen is USNM 38705/6, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Cranston, which is in a Westphalian C terrestrial siliciclastic in the Rhode Island Formation of Rhode Island.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Polycreagra elegans Handlirsch p. 111 figs. Pl XII fig 10
1919Polycreagra elegans Handlirsch p. 531
1922Polycreagra elegans Handlirsch p. 48
1984Polycreagra elegans Durden p. 177

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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
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
orderPalaeodictyoptera
superfamilyEugereonoideaSinitshenkova 2002
familyPolycreagridae
genusPolycreagra
specieselegans

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.

†Polycreagra elegans Handlirsch 1906
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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 C or 314.60000 to 309.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8USA (Rhode Island) Polycreagra elegans (type locality: 114463)