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Megaptilus blanchardi

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Megaptilidae

Taxonomy
Megaptilus blanchardi was named by Brongniart (1885). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R51138, a forewing (fragment), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France. It is the type species of Megaptilus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Megaptilus blanchardi Brongniart p. 61
1894Megaptilus blanchardi Brongniart p. 374 figs. Pl 21, fig 3
1906Megaptilus blanchardi Handlirsch p. 80 figs. Pl X fig 9
1917Megaptilus blanchardi Lameere p. 156
1919Megaptilus blanchardi Handlirsch p. 523
1922Megaptilus blanchardi Handlirsch p. 34
1969Megaptilus blanchardi Kukalová p. 480 fig. 47

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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
RankNameAuthor
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
orderPalaeodictyoptera
familyMegaptilidae
genusMegaptilus
speciesblanchardi

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.

†Megaptilus blanchardi Brongniart 1885
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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: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9France Megaptilus blanchardi (type locality: 103635)