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Pteridomylacris paradoxa

Insecta - Pteridomylacridae

Taxonomy
Pteridomylacris paradoxa was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type specimen is USNM 38733, a tegmen, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Fishing Creek gap, Sharp Mountain, Tremont, which is in a Westphalian C/Westphalian D terrestrial siliciclastic in Pennsylvania.

It was recombined as Mylacris paradoxa by Handlirsch (1906), Schneider (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Mylacris paradoxa Handlirsch
1906Pteridomylacris paradoxa Handlirsch p. 282 figs. Pl XXIX fig 28
1920Pteridomylacris paradoxa Handlirsch p. 458
1983Mylacris paradoxa Schneider p. 111

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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
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
—Eoblattodea()
superfamilyMylacroidea
familyPteridomylacridae
genusPteridomylacris
speciesparadoxa

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.

†Pteridomylacris paradoxa Handlirsch 1906
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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: base of the Westphalian C to the top of the Westphalian D or 314.60000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 307.4USA (Pennsylvania) Pteridomylacris paradoxa (125764)