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Protelytron permianum

Insecta - Protelytroptera - Protelytridae

Taxonomy
Protelytron permianum was named by Tillyard (1931). Its type specimen is YPM 1019, an exoskeleton (complete insect), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Elmo, YPM 1921 collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Protelytron permianum Tillyard p. 240 figs. 1-3,14-15
1933Protelytron tillyardi Carpenter p. 473 figs. Fig 19
1938Protelytron permianum Martynov p. 93 fig. 48
1939Protelytron permianum Carpenter p. 59 fig. 22
2016Protelytron permianum BĂ©thoux et al. p. 6 figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
ExopterygotaSharp 1899
orderProtelytroptera
familyProtelytridae
genusProtelytron
speciespermianum

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.

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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Kansas) Protelytron permianum (type locality: 111219 111319 114151 114152) Protelytron permianum, Protelytron tillyardi (111320)