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Sinopalaeopteryx olivieri

Insecta - Megasecoptera - Aykhalidae

Taxonomy
Sinopalaeopteryx olivieri was named by Pecharová et al. (2015). Its type specimen is CNU-NX1-642, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Xiaheyan, Zhongwei County (CNU coll), which is in a Westphalian B/Westphalian C interdistributary bay siliciclastic in the Yanghugou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Sinopalaeopteryx olivieri Pecharová et al. p. 619 figs. 7-10A

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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)
Megasecopteromorpha
orderMegasecoptera
suborderEumegasecoptera
familyAykhalidae
genusSinopalaeopteryx
speciesolivieri

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.

Sinopalaeopteryx olivieri Pecharová et al. 2015
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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: base of the Westphalian B to the top of the Westphalian C or 316.90000 to 309.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian B - Westphalian C316.9 - 309.8China (Ningxia) Sinopalaeopteryx olivieri (type locality: 139576)