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Aspidothorax triangularis

Insecta - Megasecoptera - Aspidothoracidae

Taxonomy
Aspidothorax triangularis was named by Brongniart (1894). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R51163, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Aspidothorax triangularis Brongniart p. 306 figs. Pl 17, figs 4,5
1894Aspidothorax maculatus Brongniart p. 307 figs. Pl 17, fig 7
1906Aspidothorax maculatus Handlirsch p. 315 figs. Pl XXXII fig 14
1906Aspidothorax triangularis Handlirsch p. 315 figs. Pl XXXII fig 13
1917Aspidothorax triangularis Lameere p. 146
1919Aspidothorax triangularis Handlirsch p. 579 fig. 80
1919Aspidothorax maculatus Handlirsch p. 580 fig. 82
1919Aspidothorax nanus Handlirsch p. 580 fig. 81
1951Aspidothorax triangularis Carpenter p. 338 fig. 1
1991Aspidothorax triangularis Brauckmann p. 30
1992Aspidothorax triangularis Carpenter p. 46 figs. 29, 8a 8b
2020Aspidothorax triangularis Pecharová et al. p. 10 figs. 7H,I, 8-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
Megasecopteromorpha
orderMegasecoptera
familyAspidothoracidae
genusAspidothorax
speciestriangularis

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.

Aspidothorax triangularis Brongniart 1894
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Invalid names: Aspidothorax maculatus Brongniart 1894 [synonym], Aspidothorax nanus Handlirsch 1919 [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: 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 Aspidothorax triangularis, Aspidothorax maculatus, Aspidothorax nanus (type locality: 103635)