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Velisoptera

Insecta - Diaphanopterodea - Velisopteridae

Taxonomy
Velisoptera was named by Pinto and Adami-Rodrigues (1997). It is not extant. Its type is Velisoptera taschi. It is the type genus of Velisopteridae.

It was assigned to Velisopteridae by Pinto and Adami-Rodrigues (1997).

Species
V. taschi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Velisoptera Pinto and Adami-Rodrigues p. 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
—Megasecopteromorpha
orderDiaphanopterodea
familyVelisopteridae
genusVelisoptera

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.

G. †Velisoptera Pinto and Adami-Rodrigues 1997
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†Velisoptera taschi Pinto and Adami-Rodrigues 1997
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: base of the Kasimovian to the top of the Gzhelian or 307.00000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9Argentina (San Luis) V. taschi (35057)