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Mylacris antiqua

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Taxonomy
Mylacris antiquum was named by Scudder (1884). Its type specimen is Lacoe 2036, a tegmen, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (USNM Collection), which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

It was recombined as Orthomylacris antiqua by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920), Handlirsch (1922); it was synonymized subjectively with Mylacris anthracophila by Durden (1969); it was corrected as Mylacris antiqua by Scudder (1895), Schneider (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Mylacris antiquum Scudder p. 300
1895Mylacris antiqua Scudder p. 46 figs. Pl II fig 5, 6
1906Orthomylacris antiqua Handlirsch p. 263 figs. Pl XXVII fig 27
1920Orthomylacris antiqua Handlirsch p. 454
1922Orthomylacris antiqua Handlirsch p. 175
1983Mylacris antiqua Schneider p. 112

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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
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
familyMylacridae()
genusMylacris
speciesantiqua()

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.

†Mylacris antiqua Scudder 1884
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

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 - 307.4USA (Illinois) Mylacris antiquum (type locality: 21981)