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Bechala sommeri

Insecta - Bechalidae

Taxonomy
Bechala sommeri was named by Ilger and Brauckmann (2012). Its type specimen is AKH 524 a, a wing (with preserved apical third and parts of basal third), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Küchenberg quarry, which is in a Marsdenian/Yeadonian mire/swamp mudstone in the Ziegelschiefer Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Bechala.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Bechala sommeri Ilger and Brauckmann p. 168 fig. 5a,6a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
familyBechalidae
genusBechala
speciessommeri

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.

†Bechala sommeri Ilger and Brauckmann 2012
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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: base of the Marsdenian to the top of the Yeadonian or 321.30000 to 318.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Marsdenian - Yeadonian321.3 - 318.7Germany Bechala sommeri (type locality: 118176)