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Scytinoptera mexicana

Insecta - Hemiptera - Scytinopteridae

Taxonomy
Scytinoptera mexicana was named by Carpenter and Miller (1937). Its type specimen is YPM 15235, a tegmen (fairly well preserved tegmen), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Valle de las Delicias, near El Indio & Cerro Wencelao, which is in a Capitanian coastal shale in the La Difunta Formation of Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Scytinoptera mexicana Carpenter and Miller pp. 126-127 fig. 1
1956Scytinoptera mexicana Evans p. 184 fig. 3I

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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
—HemelytrataFallen 1829
—ProsorrhynchaSorensen et al. 1995
infraorderScytinopteromorpha()
superfamilyScytinopteroideaHandlirsch 1906
familyScytinopteridae
genusScytinoptera
speciesmexicana

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.

†Scytinoptera mexicana Carpenter and Miller 1937
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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: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Mexico (Coahuila) Scytinoptera mexicana (type locality: 123967)