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Cydnopsis pygmaea

Insecta - Hemiptera - Cydnidae

Taxonomy
Cydnopsis pygmaea was named by Heer (1853). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Cydnopsis pygmaea Heer p. 22 figs. Pl 2, fig 2; pl 6, fig 12
1915Cydnopsis pygmaea Meunier p. 17
1935Cydnopsis pygmaea Piton and Théobald p. 87 figs. Pl 4, fig 5

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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
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderPentatomomorphaLeston et al. 1954
superfamilyPentatomoideaLeach 1815
familyCydnidae()
genusCydnopsis
speciespygmaea

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.

†Cydnopsis pygmaea Heer 1853
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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: base of the Chattian to the top of the Gelasian or 27.30000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Cydnopsis pygmaea (122488)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cydnopsis pygmaea (type locality: 117252)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8France Cydnopsis pygmaea (113996)