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Lecopterum

Insecta - Protorthoptera

Taxonomy
Lecopterum was named by Sellards (1909). Its type is Lecopterum delicosum.

It was assigned to Probnisidae by Handlirsch (1922); to Probnisinae by Tillyard (1937); and to Protorthoptera by Carpenter (1992).

Species
L. delicosum (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Lecopterum Sellards p. 161
1922Lecopterum Handlirsch p. 79
1937Lecopterum Tillyard p. 420
1992Lecopterum Carpenter p. 133

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderProtorthoptera
genusLecopterum

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. †Lecopterum Sellards 1909
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†Lecopterum delicosum Sellards 1909
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 (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Kansas) L. delicosum (21979 111219)