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Skleroptera

Insecta - Skleroptera

Taxonomy
Skleroptera was named by Kirejtshuk and Nel (2013).

It was synonymized subjectively with Protelytroptera by Beutel et al. (2019).

It was assigned to Coleopterida by Kirejtshuk and Nel (2013) and Kirejtshuk and Nel (2020).

Subtaxa
Stephanastidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Skleroptera Kirejtshuk and Nel p. 248
2020Skleroptera Kirejtshuk and Nel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderSkleroptera
orderSkleroptera

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.

Or. †Skleroptera Kirejtshuk and Nel 2013
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Fm. †Stephanastidae Kirejtshuk and Nel 2013
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G. †Stephanastus Kirejtshuk and Nel 2013
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†Stephanastus polinae Kirejtshuk and Nel 2013
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9France Stephanastus polinae (121979)