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Necymylacris heros

Insecta - Necymylacridae

Taxonomy
Necymylacris heros was named by Scudder (1879). Its type specimen is USNM 38056, a tegmen (well preserved forewing), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Near Pittston, roof shales of Vein C, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial shale in the Llewellyn Formation of Pennsylvania. It is the type species of Necymylacris.

It was recombined as Eumorphoblatta heros by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920), Handlirsch (1922).

Entered
by J. Karr (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2011-09-21; modified by M. Clapham on 2013-11-18

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Necymylacris heros Scudder p. 54 figs. Pl 5 fig 9
1895Necymylacris heros Scudder p. 55
1906Eumorphoblatta heros Handlirsch p. 195 figs. Pl XX fig 8
1920Eumorphoblatta heros Handlirsch p. 438
1922Eumorphoblatta heros Handlirsch p. 121
1983Necymylacris heros Schneider p. 117

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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
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
familyNecymylacridae
genusNecymylacris
speciesheros

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.

†Necymylacris heros Scudder 1879
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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 D or 309.80000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Pennsylvania) Necymylacris heros (type locality: 114472)