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Megamenopon rasnitsyni

Insecta - Psocodea - Menoponidae

Taxonomy
Megamenopon rasnitsyni was named by Wappler et al. (2004). Its type specimen is NHMM PE1997/33.LS, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Eckfeld Maar (NHMN 1997 collection), which is in a MP 13 crater lake siltstone/shale in the Eifel Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Megamenopon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Megamenopon rasnitsyni Wappler et al. p. S255 figs. 1a-c

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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
RankNameAuthor
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
orderPsocodea
suborderTroctomorpha
infraorderPhthiraptera(Haeckel 1896)
superfamilyAmblycera(Kellogg 1896)
familyMenoponidaeMjoberg 1910
genusMegamenopon
speciesrasnitsyni

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.

Megamenopon rasnitsyni Wappler et al. 2004
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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: MP 13 or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) Megamenopon rasnitsyni (type locality: 135640)