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Valdicossus chesteri

Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeontinidae

Taxonomy
Valdicossus chesteri was named by Wang et al. (2008). Its type specimen is MNEMG 2008.2 [co 60], a hindwing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Cooden Beach, which is in a Hauterivian delta plain ironstone/claystone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Valdicossus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Valdicossus chesteri Wang et al. p. 67 figs. 1A-C

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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
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderAuchenorrhyncha()
infraorderCicadomorphaEvans 1946
infraorderProsbolomorphaPopov 1980
superfamilyPalaeontinoideaHandlirsch 1906
familyPalaeontinidae
genusValdicossus
specieschesteri

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.

†Valdicossus chesteri Wang et al. 2008
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Hauterivian or 132.60000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77United Kingdom (England) Valdicossus chesteri (type locality: 103930)