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Polytaxineura

Insecta - Polytaxineuridae

Taxonomy
Polytaxineura was named by Tillyard (1935). It is the type genus of Polytaxineuridae.

It was assigned to Permaeschnidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Polytaxineuridae by Tillyard (1935), Huguet et al. (2002).

Species
P. stanleyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Polytaxineura Tillyard p. 375
1992Polytaxineura Carpenter p. 67
2002Polytaxineura Huguet et al. p. 545

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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
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
suborderProtanisoptera
familyPolytaxineuridae
genusPolytaxineura

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.

G. †Polytaxineura Tillyard 1935
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†Polytaxineura stanleyi Tillyard 1935
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Huguet et al. 2002Bechly (1996) proposed to characterize the Polytaxineuridae after the ‘RP” (= RP3 and 4) and MA parallel and straight, not distally curved towards the hind margin’. Unfortunately, this alleged character and the other characters listed below were based on the reconstruction of the wing of Polytaxineura stanleyi proposed by Tillyard (1935). The distal parts of these veins are not preserved in the holotype specimen, thus this character is highly putative, if not false, and cannot be used. Numerous antenodal cross-veins of the first (14) and second ranks (19); a supernumerary strong cubito-anal vein, basal of CuP; pos- sible presence of cross-veins in the median area; in subme- dian area, two cross-veins between MP&Cu and AA, basal to the base of free part of CuP.
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: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Australia (New South Wales) P. stanleyi (122432)