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Vernooijia sassoonae

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Breyeriidae

Taxonomy
Vernooijia sassoonae was named by Prokop et al. (2018). Its type specimen is NHMUK II.3092, a hindwing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Writhlington Geological Nature Reserve (NHMUK collection), which is in a Westphalian D delta plain shale in the Farrington Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Vernooijia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Vernooijia sassoonae Prokop et al. p. 100 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2; text-fig 1

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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
superfamilyBreyerioidea
familyBreyeriidae
genusVernooijia
speciessassoonae

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.

Vernooijia sassoonae Prokop et al. 2018
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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 - 307.4United Kingdom (Somerset) Vernooijia sassoonae (type locality: 192011)