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Protomyrmeleon grasselensis

Insecta - Protomyrmeleontidae

Taxonomy
Protomyrmeleon (Tillyardagrion) grasselensis was named by Bode (1953). It is an impression. Its type locality is Grassel, Braunschweig, which is in a Toarcian offshore mudstone in the Posidonia Shale Formation of Germany.

It was synonymized subjectively with Protomyrmeleon brunonis by Ansorge (1996); it was recombined as Protomyrmeleon grasselensis by Zessin (1991), Nel and Henrotay (1992), Henrotay et al. (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Protomyrmeleon (Tillyardagrion) grasselensis Bode p. 67 figs. Pl. 3, fig 37
1991Protomyrmeleon grasselensis Zessin p. 108
1992Protomyrmeleon grasselensis Nel and Henrotay p. 17 fig. 10
1997Protomyrmeleon grasselensis Henrotay et al. p. 399

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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
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
RankNameAuthor
Euhydropalaeoptera
OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
Palaeodonatoptera
Plesiodonatoptera
Apodonatoptera
Paneodonatoptera
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
suborderArchizygoptera
superfamilyProtomyrmeleontoideaHandlirsch 1906
Terskejoptera
Moltenoptera
familyProtomyrmeleontidae()
subfamilyProtomyrmeleontinae
genusProtomyrmeleon
speciesgrasselensis()

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: Early/Lower Toarcian or 184.20000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany (Niedersachsen) Protomyrmeleon grasselensis (type locality: 107321)