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Ostrava nigra

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Homoiopteridae

Taxonomy
Ostrava nigra was named by Kukalová (1960). It is an impression. Its type locality is Gottwald (František) Mine, coal seam 31, Horní Suchá, which is in a Westphalian A mire/swamp mudstone in the Karvina Formation of the Czech Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Ostrava nigra Kukalová p. 242 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; pl 2, figs 1,2; text-figs 1-3
1963Ostrava nigra Kukalová p. 198
2004Ostrava nigra Prokop and Nel p. 587

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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
genusOstrava
speciesnigra

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.

Ostrava nigra Kukalová 1960
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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 A or 318.10000 to 314.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.1 - 314.6Czech Republic Ostrava nigra (type locality: 114184)