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Araripephasma reliquum

Insecta - Phasmatodea

Taxonomy
Eoproscopia reliquum was named by Mendes et al. (2019). Its type specimen is LP/UFC CRT 2698, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Triunfo Quarry, Crato (LP/UFC collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Araripephasma.

It was recombined as Araripephasma reliquum by Ghirotto et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Eoproscopia reliquum Mendes et al. p. 439 fig. 1,2
2022Araripephasma reliquum Ghirotto et al. p. 7 figs. 3-8, 9A, 10B, 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Eukinolabia
Holophasmatodea
orderPhasmatodeaJacobson and Bianchi 1902
Euphasmatodea
genusAraripephasma
speciesreliquum()

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.

Araripephasma reliquum Mendes et al. 2019
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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: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (CearĂ¡) Araripephasma reliquum (217013) Eoproscopia reliquum (type locality: 203297)