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Amousus mazonus

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Homoiopteridae

Taxonomy
Amousus mazonus was named by Handlirsch (1911). Its type specimen is YPM 20, a hindwing (basal third), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (YPM collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Amousus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Amousus mazonus Handlirsch p. 301 figs. Fig 4
1919Amousus mazonus Handlirsch p. 534
1922Amousus mazonus Handlirsch p. 53
1992Amousus mazonus Brauckmann and Becker p. 139

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
orderPalaeodictyoptera
familyHomoiopteridae
genusAmousus
speciesmazonus

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.

Amousus mazonus Handlirsch 1911
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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: Westphalian D or 311.45000 to 306.95000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D311.45 - 306.95USA (Illinois) Amousus mazonus (type locality: 112630)