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Hypermegethes northumbriae

Insecta

Taxonomy
Hypermegethes northumbriae was named by Bolton (1916). Its type specimen is BMNH In 18524, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Phoenix Brickworks, Crawcrook (BMNH coll), which is in a Westphalian B delta plain shale in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Hypermegethes northumbriae Bolton p. 55 figs. Pl 4, figs 2,3
1922Hypermegethes northumbriae Handlirsch p. 35

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassPalaeopteraMartynov 1923
genusHypermegethes
speciesnorthumbriae

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.

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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: Westphalian B or 316.90000 to 314.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6United Kingdom (England) Hypermegethes northumbriae (type locality: 127286)