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Palaeorehnia maculata

Insecta - Orthoptera - Palaeorehniidae

Taxonomy
Cymatomera maculata was named by Scudder (1890). Its type specimen is MCZ 464, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Zeuner (1939); it was recombined as Palaeorehnia maculata by Kevan and Wighton (1983).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Cymatomera maculata Scudder p. 230 figs. Pl 17 fig 7
1907Cymatomera maculata Handlirsch p. 683
1908Palaeorehnia maculata Cockerell p. 126
1909Palaeorehnia maculata Cockerell p. 285 fig. 3
1939Palaeorehnia maculata Zeuner p. 124 figs. Pl 25, fig 1; pl 22, fig 1; pl 50, fig 2
1983Palaeorehnia maculata Kevan and Wighton p. 221

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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
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderEnsiferaChopard 1920
familyPalaeorehniidae()
genusPalaeorehnia
speciesmaculata()

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.

†Palaeorehnia maculata Scudder 1890
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Invalid names: Palaeorehnia maculata Cockerell 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinsubo
Ontogeny: moltingsubo
Grouping: gregarioussubo
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: fast-movingsubo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Vision: well-developedsubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Dispersal: direct/internalsubo
Dispersal 2: mobilesubo
Created: 2011-07-02 09:58:43
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:58:43
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Cymatomera maculata (type locality: 106384) Palaeorehnia maculata (123981)