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Valdopteron woodi

Insecta - Dermaptera - Dermapteridae

Taxonomy
Valdopteron woodi was named by Kelly et al. (2018). Its type specimen is NHMUK II.3099, a tegmen, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Smokejacks Brickworks (Jarzembowski collection), which is in a Barremian pond claystone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Valdopteron.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Valdopteron woodi Kelly et al. p. 137 fig. 10

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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
Haplocercata
orderDermaptera
suborderArchidermapteraBey-Bienko 1936
superfamilyProtodiplatyoideaMartynov 1925
familyDermapteridae
genusValdopteron
specieswoodi

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.

Valdopteron woodi Kelly 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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4United Kingdom (Surrey) Valdopteron woodi (type locality: 192017)