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Mischoptera nigra

Insecta - Megasecoptera - Mischopteridae

Taxonomy
Woodwardia nigra was named by Brongniart (1885). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R51049, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France. It is the type species of Mischoptera.

It was recombined as Mischoptera nigra by Brongniart (1894), Handlirsch (1906), Lameere (1917), Carpenter (1951), Carpenter and Richardson (1968), Carpenter (1992).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Woodwardia nigra Brongniart p. 64 figs. Pl 4, fig 1
1893Mischoptera woodwardi Brongniart
1894Mischoptera woodwardi Brongniart p. 286 figs. Pl 13, figs 1,2,4-7; pl 14, figs 3-7
1894Mischoptera nigra Brongniart p. 287 figs. Pl 13, fig 3; pl 14, figs 1,2
1906Mischoptera nigra Handlirsch p. 317 figs. Pl XXXIII fig 2
1906Mischoptera woodwardi Handlirsch p. 317 figs. Pl XXXIII fig 1
1917Mischoptera nigra Lameere p. 142
1919Mischoptera concolor Handlirsch p. 581
1919Mischoptera infumata Handlirsch p. 581
1919Mischoptera ocellata Handlirsch p. 581
1951Mischoptera nigra Carpenter p. 340 figs. 2,3; pl 53, fig 1
1968Mischoptera nigra Carpenter and Richardson p. 301 figs. Pl 26, fig 1; text-fig 1
1992Mischoptera nigra Carpenter p. 48 figs. 30,3a-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
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
—Megasecopteromorpha
orderMegasecoptera
familyMischopteridae
genusMischoptera
speciesnigra()

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.

†Mischoptera nigra Brongniart 1885
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Invalid names: Mischoptera concolor Handlirsch 1919 [synonym], Mischoptera infumata Handlirsch 1919 [synonym], Mischoptera ocellata Handlirsch 1919 [synonym], Mischoptera woodwardi Brongniart 1894 [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: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9France Mischoptera nigra (121979) Woodwardia nigra, Mischoptera woodwardi, Mischoptera concolor, Mischoptera ocellata, Mischoptera infumata (type locality: 103635)