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Protelytron

Insecta - Protelytroptera - Protelytridae

Taxonomy

Protelytron was named by Tillyard (1931). It is the type genus of Protelytridae.

It was assigned to Protelytridae by Carpenter (1933) and Carpenter (1992).

Species

P. angustum, P. dunbari, P. furcatum, P. permianum (syn. P. tillyardi)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1931	Protelytron Tillyard p. 239
1933	Protelytron Carpenter
1992	Protelytron Carpenter p. 146

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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

Rank	Name	Author
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Exopterygota	Sharp 1899
order	Protelytroptera
family	Protelytridae
genus	Protelytron

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. †Protelytron Tillyard 1931

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†Protelytron angustum Carpenter 1933

†Protelytron dunbari Tillyard 1931

†Protelytron furcatum Carpenter 1939

†Protelytron permianum Tillyard 1931

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Invalid names: Protelytron tillyardi Carpenter 1933 [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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Artinskian	290.1 - 279.3	USA (Kansas)	P. permianum, P. angustum (111319) P. permianum, P. furcatum (114151 114152) P. permianum, P. tillyardi (111320) P. sp., P. permianum, P. dunbari (111219)