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Protomyrmeleon anglicanus

Insecta - Protomyrmeleontidae

Taxonomy
Protomyrmeleon anglicanus was named by Tillyard (1925). Its type specimen is BMNH I 10662, a wing (distal portion of left wing), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Wainlode Cliff (Brodie collection), which is in a Rhaetian marine sandstone in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Protomyrmeleon (Tillyardagrion) anglicanus by Martynov (1927); it was recombined as Tillyardagrion anglicanus by Zessin (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Protomyrmeleon anglicanus Tillyard p. 37 figs. Pl V fig 15; Fig 14
1927Protomyrmeleon (Tillyardagrion) anglicanus Martynov p. 762
1991Tillyardagrion anglicanus Zessin p. 102
1992Protomyrmeleon anglicanus Nel and Henrotay p. 15 fig. 9

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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
speciesanglicanus

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.

Protomyrmeleon anglicanus Tillyard 1925
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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: Rhaetian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) Protomyrmeleon anglicanus (type locality: 115222)