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Shurabia aleda

Insecta - Reculida - Geinitziidae

Taxonomy
Fletchitzia aleda was named by Wappler (2001). Its type specimen is PRE/F 19623, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Nuwejaarspruit (Nuw 111), which is in a Carnian floodplain horizon in the Molteno Formation of South Africa.

It was recombined as Shurabia aleda by Aristov et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Fletchitzia aleda Wappler p. 98 figs. Fig 8
2009Shurabia aleda Aristov et al. p. 422 fig. 1c,2b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
orderReculida()
familyGeinitziidae
genusShurabia
speciesaleda()

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.

Shurabia aleda Wappler 2001
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa (Free State) Fletchitzia aleda (type locality: 23095)