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Quercopterum decussatum

Insecta - Eoblattida - Euryptilonidae

Taxonomy
Quercopterum decussatum was named by Kukalová (1964). Its type specimen is DPCU 50/1963, an exoskeleton (prothorax and two crossed forewings), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Obora, southern edge of ravine, which is in an Asselian lacustrine - small shale in the Letovice Formation of the Czech Republic. It is the type species of Quercopterum.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Quercopterum decussatum Kukalová p. 98 figs. Pl 20,fig 2; pl 22,fig 1; text-fig 52,53
1998Quercopterum decussatum Storozhenko p. 83 figs. 145, 146

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderEoblattidaHandlirsch 1906
familyEuryptilonidae
genusQuercopterum
speciesdecussatum

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Quercopterum decussatum Kukalová 1964
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