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Mesorthopteron
Taxonomy
Mesorthopteron was named by Tillyard (1916). Its type is Mesorthopteron locustoides. It is the type genus of Mesorthopteridae.
It was assigned to Protorthoptera by Tillyard (1916) and Carpenter (1992); and to Mesorthopteridae by Tillyard (1922), Tillyard (1923), Riek (1956), Riek (1974), Storozhenko (1997), Storozhenko (1998) and Aristov (2015).
It was assigned to Protorthoptera by Tillyard (1916) and Carpenter (1992); and to Mesorthopteridae by Tillyard (1922), Tillyard (1923), Riek (1956), Riek (1974), Storozhenko (1997), Storozhenko (1998) and Aristov (2015).
Species
M. locustoides (type species), M. similis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1916 | Mesorthopteron Tillyard |
| 1922 | Mesorthopteron Tillyard |
| 1923 | Mesorthopteron Tillyard |
| 1956 | Mesorthopteron Riek p. 105 |
| 1974 | Mesorthopteron Riek p. 20 |
| 1992 | Mesorthopteron Carpenter p. 133 |
| 1997 | Mesorthopteron Storozhenko p. 15 |
| 1998 | Mesorthopteron Storozhenko p. 132 |
| 2015 | Mesorthopteron Aristov p. 18 |
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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. †Mesorthopteron Tillyard 1916
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†Mesorthopteron locustoides Tillyard 1916
†Mesorthopteron similis Riek 1974
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available