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Bathytaptus falcipennis

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera

Taxonomy
Bathytaptus falcipennis was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type specimen is USNM 38708, a wing (fragment of tip), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Coalburg, near Birmingham, which is in a Westphalian A terrestrial siliciclastic in the Pratt Formation of Alabama. It is the type species of Bathytaptus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Bathytaptus falcipennis Handlirsch p. 119 figs. Pl XII fig 24
1919Bathytaptus falcipennis Handlirsch p. 534
1922Bathytaptus falcipennis Handlirsch p. 53
1984Bathytaptus falcipennis Durden p. 176

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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
genusBathytaptus
speciesfalcipennis

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.

†Bathytaptus falcipennis 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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Westphalian A or 318.70000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9USA (Alabama) Bathytaptus falcipennis (type locality: 114471)