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Brongniartiella gigas

Insecta - Neuroptera - Osmylopsychopidae

Taxonomy
Ricania gigas was named by Weyenbergh (1869). Its type specimen is TM 6448, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Solnhofen (Teyler Museum Collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Pterinoblattina gigas by Scudder (1885), Scudder (1886), Oppenheim (1888); it was recombined as Brongniartiella gigas by Handlirsch (1906), Martynova (1949), Peng et al. (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Ricania gigas Weyenbergh p. 24 fig. 23
1885Pterinoblattina gigas Scudder p. 108
1886Pterinoblattina gigas Scudder p. 472
1888Pterinoblattina gigas Oppenheim p. 222
1897Brongniartiella problematica Meunier p. 237 figs. Pl 11, fig 25
1906Brongniartiella gigas Handlirsch p. 606
1949Brongniartiella gigas Martynova
2015Brongniartiella gigas Peng et al. p. 284 fig. 19

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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
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
—Metaxyneuroptera
—Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
—Euneuroptera
—Neoneuroptera
—Geoneuroptera
suborderMyrmeleontiformiaHenry 1982
superfamilyPsychopsoidea
familyOsmylopsychopidae()
genusBrongniartiella
speciesgigas()

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.

†Brongniartiella gigas Weyenbergh 1869
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Invalid names: Brongniartiella problematica Meunier 1897 [objective synonym]
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: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Ricania gigas (type locality: 123906)