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Sycopteron

Insecta

Taxonomy
Sycopteron was named by Bolton (1917). It is not extant. Its type is Sycopteron symmetrica. It is the type genus of Sycopteridae.

It was assigned to Sycopteridae by Tillyard (1918); and to Neoptera by Carpenter (1992).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Sycopteron Bolton p. 6
1918Sycopteron Tillyard
1992Sycopteron Carpenter

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
genusSycopteron

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. †Sycopteron Bolton 1917
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Sycopteron symmetricum Bolton 1917
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: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9France S. symmetrica (123260)