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Spiculum mendicum

Insecta - Caloneurodea - Hapalopteridae

Taxonomy
Spiculum mendicum was named by Brauckmann and Herd (2005). It is an impression. Its type locality is Piesberg quarry, "Flöz Dreibänk" (Sowiak coll), which is in a Westphalian D lacustrine deltaic claystone in the Flöz Dreibänke Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Spiculum.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Spiculum mendicum Brauckmann and Herd p. 40 figs. Pl 2, figs 1,2; text-figs 7,8

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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
superorderArchaeorthoptera
—PanorthopteraCrampton 1928
orderCaloneurodea
familyHapalopteridaeHandlirsch 1906
genusSpiculum
speciesmendicum

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.

†Spiculum mendicum Brauckmann and Herd 2005
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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: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4Germany (Lower Saxony) Spiculum mendicum (type locality: 122515)