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Boltonites radstockensis

Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae

Taxonomy
Meganeura radstockensis was named by Bolton (1914). It is an impression. Its type locality is Radstock Colliery, Tyning waste-heap (Newell Arber coll), which is in a Westphalian D delta plain horizon in the Radstock Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Boltonites.

It was recombined as Boltonites radstockensis by Handlirsch (1919), Handlirsch (1922), Bolton (1922), Brauckmann and Zessin (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Meganeura radstockensis Bolton p. 120 figs. Pl 18, figs 1-3; pl 19, figs 1-3
1919Boltonites radstockensis Handlirsch p. 571 fig. 71
1922Boltonites radstockensis Bolton p. 140 figs. Pl 10, fig 1; text-fig 44
1922Boltonites radstockensis Handlirsch p. 64
1989Boltonites radstockensis Brauckmann and Zessin p. 183

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
orderMeganisoptera
familyMeganeuridae
subfamilyTupinae()
genusBoltonites
speciesradstockensis()

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.

†Boltonites radstockensis Bolton 1914
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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 14:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4United Kingdom (England) Boltonites radstockensis (105765) Meganeura radstockensis (type locality: 127035)