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Polioptenus decheni

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Dictyoneuridae

Taxonomy
Termes decheni was named by Goldenberg (1854). Its type specimen is Naturhist Ver. Bonn, 15(40), a wing (fore & hindwing), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Altenwald mine, which is in a Westphalian C terrestrial shale/bituminous coal in the Lower Saarbrucker layer Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Dictyoneura decheni by Goldenberg (1877); it was recombined as Goldenbergia decheni by Scudder (1885), Waterlot (1934); it was recombined as Acanthodictyon decheni by Handlirsch (1906), von Schlechtendal (1913), Handlirsch (1919), Handlirsch (1922), Guthörl (1934); it was recombined as Polioptenus decheni by Carpenter (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Termes decheni Goldenberg p. 31 figs. Pl 5, fig 3
1873Termes decheni Goldenberg p. 10 figs. Pl 2, figs 3-5
1877Dictyoneura decheni Goldenberg p. 50
1885Goldenbergia decheni Scudder p. 171
1906Acanthodictyon decheni Handlirsch p. 73 figs. Pl 9 fig 20, 21
1913Acanthodictyon decheni von Schlechtendal p. 115 figs. Pl 1, fig 9; pl 9, fig 1
1919Acanthodictyon decheni Handlirsch p. 519
1922Acanthodictyon decheni Handlirsch p. 29
1934Acanthodictyon decheni Guthörl pp. 68-70 figs. 37a-b; Pl 12 fig 3-4
1934Goldenbergia decheni Waterlot p. 117 figs. 30, 31
1992Polioptenus decheni Carpenter p. 28

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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
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
orderPalaeodictyoptera
suborderDictyoneurinaHandlirsch 1906
superfamilyDictyoneuroideaHandlirsch 1906
familyDictyoneuridae
genusPolioptenus
speciesdecheni()

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.

Polioptenus decheni Goldenberg 1854
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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 C or 314.60000 to 309.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8Germany (Saarland) Termes decheni (type locality: 122601)