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Iphikozulu kwayayaensis

Insecta - Reculida - Chaulioditidae

Taxonomy
Iphikozulu kwayayaensis was named by Aristov and Mostovski (2009). Its type specimen is NMSA 2736, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is KwaYaya, which is in a Changhsingian wet floodplain mudstone in the Emakwezini Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Iphikozulu.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Iphikozulu kwayayaensis Aristov and Mostovski p. 284 fig. 2A,B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
orderReculida()
familyChaulioditidae
genusIphikozulu
specieskwayayaensis

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.

Iphikozulu kwayayaensis Aristov and Mostovski 2009
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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: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17South Africa Iphikozulu kwayayaensis (type locality: 104798)