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Geosoma prodromum

Insecta - Dermaptera - Pygidicranidae

Taxonomy
Geosoma prodromum was named by Zhang (1997). Its type specimen is NIGP 124654, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Zhixin Forest Farm, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Dalazi Formation of China. It is the type species of Geosoma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Geosoma prodromum Zhang p. 84 figs. Pl 3, fig 2; text-fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Haplocercata
orderDermaptera
PandermapteraEngel
ApodermapteraEngel
suborderNeodermaptera
infraorderProtodermapteraZacher 1910
superfamilyPygidicranoidea
familyPygidicranidae
genusGeosoma
speciesprodromum

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.

Geosoma prodromum Zhang 1997
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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: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Jilin) Geosoma prodromum (type locality: 151876)