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Simplicius simplex

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Taxonomy
Lithomylacris simplex was named by Scudder (1879). It is an impression. Its type locality is Grape Creek, Danville, which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Simplicius.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Handlirsch (1906); it was recombined as Simplicius simplex by Handlirsch (1920).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Lithomylacris simplex Scudder p. 51 figs. Pl 5 fig 5
1895Lithomylacris simplex Scudder p. 51
1903Lithomylacris simplex Melander p. 184
1920Simplicius simplex Handlirsch p. 456

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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()
genusSimplicius
speciessimplex()

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.

Simplicius simplex Scudder 1879
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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) Lithomylacris simplex (type locality: 122522)