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Goldenbergia formosa

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Dictyoneuridae

Taxonomy
Termes formosus was named by Goldenberg (1854). Its type specimen is Naturhist Ver. Bonn, 6(35), a forewing (forewing), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Gersweiler, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial horizon in the Auerswald coal seam Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Dictyoneura formosa by Goldenberg (1877); it was recombined as Sagenoptera formosa by Handlirsch (1906), von Schlechtendal (1913), Handlirsch (1919), Handlirsch (1922), Waterlot (1934), Guthörl (1934); it was synonymized subjectively with Goldenbergia (Microdictya) hamyi by Bolton (1917); it was recombined as Goldenbergia formosa by Scudder (1885), Bolton (1925), Sharov and Sinitshenkova (1977).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Termes formosus Goldenberg p. 30 figs. Pl 5, fig 2
1873Termes deeheni Goldenberg
1877Dictyoneura formosa Goldenberg
1885Goldenbergia formosa Scudder p. 172
1906Sagenoptera formosa Handlirsch p. 72
1913Sagenoptera formosa von Schlechtendal p. 110 figs. Pl 1, fig 5; pl 8, fig 8
1919Sagenoptera formosa Handlirsch p. 519
1922Sagenoptera formosa Handlirsch p. 29
1925Goldenbergia formosa Bolton
1934Sagenoptera formosa Guthörl pp. 66-67 figs. 36; Pl 12 fig 2
1934Sagenoptera formosa Waterlot p. 152 fig. 46
1977Goldenbergia formosa Sharov and Sinitshenkova p. 46 figs. 1 a-c; Pl. V, Fig. 1-3

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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
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
orderPalaeodictyoptera
suborderDictyoneurinaHandlirsch 1906
superfamilyDictyoneuroideaHandlirsch 1906
familyDictyoneuridae
genusGoldenbergia
speciesformosa()

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.

Goldenbergia formosa Goldenberg 1854
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Invalid names: Termes deeheni Goldenberg 1873 [synonym]
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 Westphalian D to the top of the Sakmarian or 309.80000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Termes formosus (type locality: 122576)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation Goldenbergia formosa (122559)