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Mylacris anthracophila

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Taxonomy
Mylacris anthracophila was named by Scudder (1868). It is an impression. Its type locality is Colchester, roof shales of No. 2 Coal Member, which is in a Bashkirian terrestrial shale in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

It was corrected as Mylacris anthracophilum by Scudder (1879), Scudder (1884).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Mylacris anthracophila Scudder p. 568 figs. 5, 6
1879Mylacris anthracophilum Scudder p. 45 figs. Pl 5 figs 6-8
1884Mylacris carbonum Scudder p. 304 figs. Pl 27 figs 6, 7, 10
1884Mylacris anthracophilum Scudder p. 307
1885Mylacris anthracophila Scudder p. 754 fig. 930
1895Mylacris elongata Scudder p. 41 figs. Pl 1 fig 6
1895Mylacris anthracophila Scudder p. 43 figs. Pl 1 figs 1, 4
1895Mylacris carbonum Scudder p. 47
1904Mylacris elongata Sellards
1906Actinomylacris carbonum Handlirsch p. 265 figs. Pl XXVII fig 31
1906Mylacris anthracophila Handlirsch p. 268 figs. Pl XXVIII fig 8
1906Mylacris elongata Handlirsch p. 269 figs. Pl XXVIII fig 9
1906Mylacridae pseudocarbonum Handlirsch p. 273 figs. Pl XXVIII fig 23
1906Actinomylacris carbonum Handlirsch p. 773
1906Mylacris anthracophila Handlirsch p. 779
1906Mylacris elongata Handlirsch p. 779
1920Actinomylacris carbonum Handlirsch p. 454
1920Mylacris anthracophila Handlirsch p. 455
1920Mylacris elongata Handlirsch p. 455
1920Mylacris pseudocarbonum Handlirsch p. 456
1922Actinomylacris carbonum Handlirsch 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
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
familyMylacridae()
genusMylacris
speciesanthracophila

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.

†Mylacris anthracophila Scudder 1868
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Invalid names: Actinomylacris carbonum Scudder 1884 [synonym], Mylacridae pseudocarbonum Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Mylacris elongata Scudder 1895 [synonym]
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: base of the Bashkirian to the top of the Westphalian D or 323.40000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2USA (Illinois) Mylacris anthracophila (type locality: 122575)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Illinois) Mylacris elongata (21981)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Pennsylvania) Mylacris carbonum, Mylacridae pseudocarbonum (117474)