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Piesbergopterum avionensis

Insecta - Cnemidolestodea - Cnemidolestidae

Taxonomy
Piesbergopterum avionensis was named by Nel and Roques (2021). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.A71354, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Terril No 7, Avion, which is in a Westphalian C/Westphalian D terrestrial shale in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Piesbergopterum avionensis Nel and Roques p. 323 figs. 1, 2

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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
superorderArchaeorthoptera
orderCnemidolestodea
suborderCnemidolestina
familyCnemidolestidae
genusPiesbergopterum
speciesavionensis

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 avionensis Nel and Roques 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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Westphalian C to the top of the Westphalian D or 314.60000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 307.5France Piesbergopterum avionensis (type locality: 122504)