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Tupus gilmorei

Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae

Taxonomy
Typus gilmorei was named by Carpenter (1927). Its type specimen is USNM 71279, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Hermit Shale, about one-quarter mile west of the sign "Red Top", which is in an Artinskian fluvial shale/sandstone in the Hermit Shale Formation of Arizona.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Typus gilmorei Carpenter pp. 3-4 figs. Pl 1
1989Tupus gilmorei Brauckmann and Zessin p. 182
2009Tupus gilmorei 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
speciesgilmorei()

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 gilmorei Carpenter 1927
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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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Arizona) Typus gilmorei (type locality: 123973)