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Orthogonophora distincta

Insecta

Taxonomy
Orthogonophora distincta was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type specimen is USNM 25632, a wing (ridiculously tiny fragment), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Drews Creek, which is in a Westphalian terrestrial siliciclastic in West Virginia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Orthogonophora distincta Handlirsch p. 119 figs. Pl XII fig 23
1919Orthogonophora distincta Handlirsch p. 534
1922Orthogonophora distincta Handlirsch p. 53
1984Orthogonophora distincta 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
RankNameAuthor
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassPalaeopteraMartynov 1923
genusOrthogonophora
speciesdistincta

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.

†Orthogonophora distincta 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 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 (West Virginia) Orthogonophora distincta (type locality: 114470)