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Petrochorista

Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae

Taxonomy

Petrochorista was named by Martynov (1931). It is not extant. It is the type genus of Petrochoristidae.

It was assigned to Mesochoristidae by Martynov (1931) and Martynov (1932); to Petrochoristidae by Willmann (1989); to Permochoristidae by Martynova (1948) and Carpenter (1992); and to Permochoristinae by Martynova (1961), Willmann (1978) and Novokshonov (1997).

Species

P. distincta, P. elegantula, P. erunakovensis, P. ivae, P. lepida, P. minuta, P. parvula, P. recta, P. sojanensis, P. sororcula, P. tychtensis, P. unica

Synonyms

Petrochoristella was named by Willmann (1989). Its type is Petrochorista recta.

It was synonymized subjectively with Petrochorista by Novokshonov (1997).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1931	Petrochorista Martynov p. 182
1932	Petrochorista Martynov p. 45
1948	Petrochorista Martynova p. 31
1961	Petrochorista Martynova p. 555
1978	Petrochorista Willmann p. 44
1989	Petrochorista Willmann p. 40
1989	Petrochoristella Willmann p. 51
1992	Petrochorista Carpenter
1997	Petrochorista Novokshonov p. 65

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Panorpida
superorder	Antliophora
order	Mecoptera	Packard 1886
family	Permochoristidae
subfamily	Permochoristinae	Tillyard 1917
genus	Petrochorista

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.

G. †Petrochorista Martynov 1931

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†Petrochorista distincta Martynov 1932

†Petrochorista elegantula Martynov 1931

†Petrochorista erunakovensis Martynova 1961

†Petrochorista ivae Martynova 1948

†Petrochorista lepida Martynova 1948

†Petrochorista minuta Martynov 1931

†Petrochorista parvula Martynov 1931

†Petrochorista recta Martynova 1961

†Petrochorista sojanensis Martynova 1948

†Petrochorista sororcula Martynova 1961

†Petrochorista tychtensis Martynova 1961

†Petrochorista unica Martynova 1961

Invalid names: Petrochoristella Willmann 1989 [synonym]

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 Roadian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 272.30000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Roadian	272.3 - 268.8	Russian Federation (Kemerovo)	P. recta (122569)
Roadian	272.3 - 268.8	Russian Federation	P. sojanensis, P. lepida (96860)
Roadian	272.3 - 268.8	Russian Federation (Arkangelsk)	P. distincta (111187) P. elegantula, P. lepida (116933) P. ivae, P. sojanensis (104716)
Roadian	272.3 - 268.8	Russian Federation (Kazan)	P. elegantula, P. parvula, P. minuta (116803)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Russian Federation (Kemerovo)	P. unica (122566)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	Russian Federation	P. erunakovensis, P. sororcula (124608) P. tychtensis (122565)