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Petropterix kukalovae

Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae

Taxonomy
Petropterix kukalovae was named by Vršanský (2003). Its type specimen is NIGPAS 89JH1002-2, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Hangxia valley, 20 km WWS from Yumen city, which is in an Albian/Albian lacustrine - large shale in the Zhonggou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Petropterix kukalovae Vršanský pp. 20, 22 fig. 72
2022Petropterix kukalovae Luo et al.

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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
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderAlienoptera
familyUmenocoleidae
genusPetropterix
specieskukalovae

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.

†Petropterix kukalovae Vršanský 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinf
Form: inflated sheetf
Ontogeny: moltingf
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: fast-movingf
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: herbivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2013-02-02 05:47:31
Modified: 2013-02-01 12:47:31
Source: f = family
Reference: Vršanský 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Middle Albian or 113.20000 to 106.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian113.2 - 106.3China (Gansu) Petropterix kukalovae (type locality: 138923)