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Permocephalus knighti

Insecta - Hemiptera - Archescytinidae

Taxonomy
Permocephalus knighti was named by Evans (1943). Its type specimen is AM.F39865, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Warner's Bay, Belmont (AMF coll), which is in a Changhsingian pond chert in the Croudace Bay Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Permocephalus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Permocephalus knighti Evans p. 8 figs. Pl 1, fig 2; text-fig 2
1956Permocephalus knighti Evans p. 238

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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
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderPaleorrhyncha
superfamilyArchescytinoidea
familyArchescytinidae
genusPermocephalus
speciesknighti

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.

†Permocephalus knighti Evans 1943
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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: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Australia (New South Wales) Permocephalus knighti (type locality: 122433 122436)