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Metapterygota (disused)

Insecta

Taxonomy
Metapterygota is an unranked clade.

It was assigned to Pterygota by Grimaldi and Engel (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Metapterygota Grimaldi and Engel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—Metapterygota
—Metapterygota

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available