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Lithopsyche antiqua

Insecta - Lepidoptera

Taxonomy
Lithopsyche antiqua was named by Butler (1889). Its type specimen is NHML I.19984, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Lithopsyche.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Lithopsyche antiqua Butler p. 294 figs. pl.21 fig. 3
1980Lithopsyche antiqua Jarzembowski p. 283 figs. 74, 77
2017Lithopsyche antiqua de Jong p. 16

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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
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Metamphiesmenoptera
—Euamphiesmenoptera
—Panendymenoptera
—Endymenoptera
—Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
—Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
—CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
—EulepidopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Euheteroneura
—DitrysiaBorner 1925
—ApoditrysiaMinet 1983
—ObtectomeraMinet 1986
superfamilyPapilionoidea
genusLithopsyche
speciesantiqua

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.

†Lithopsyche antiqua Butler 1889
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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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Lithopsyche antiqua (type locality: 21976)