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Piesbergopterum punctatum

Insecta - Cnemidolestodea - Cnemidolestidae

Taxonomy
Piesbergopterum punctatum was named by Dvořák et al. (2021). Its type specimen is Museum am Schölerberg Pal 1389, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Piesberg quarry, "Flöz Zweibänke" (Museum am Schölerberg coll), which is in a Westphalian C/Westphalian D lacustrine deltaic claystone in the Flöz Zweibänke Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Piesbergopterum.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Piesbergopterum punctatum Dvořák et al. p. 3380 fig. 4

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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
superorderArchaeorthoptera
orderCnemidolestodea
suborderCnemidolestina
familyCnemidolestidae
genusPiesbergopterum
speciespunctatum

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.

Piesbergopterum punctatum Dvořák et al. 2021
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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: base of the Westphalian C to the top of the Westphalian D or 314.60000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 307.4Germany (Lower Saxony) Piesbergopterum punctatum (type locality: 122514)