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Tupus whitei

Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae

Taxonomy
Typus whitei was named by Carpenter (1928). Its type specimen is USNM 71713, a forewing (nearly complete forewing), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Hermit Shale, Along Bright Angel Trail, which is in an Artinskian/Kungurian fluvial shale/sandstone in the Hermit Shale Formation of Arizona.

It was recombined as Tupus whitei by Brauckmann and Zessin (1989), Nel et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Typus whitei Carpenter pp. 189-190 figs. 1; Pl 5
1989Tupus whitei Brauckmann and Zessin p. 182
2009Tupus whitei Nel et al. p. 98

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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()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
orderMeganisoptera
familyMeganeuridae
subfamilyTupinae()
genusTupusSellards 1906
specieswhitei()

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.

†Tupus whitei Carpenter 1928
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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: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4USA (Arizona) Typus whitei (type locality: 11150)