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Homocladus grandis

Insecta - Paoliida - Anthracoptilidae

Taxonomy
Homocladus grandis was named by Carpenter (1966). Its type specimen is MCZ 5874, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Elmo, MCZ 1927 collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Spargoptilon grandis by Rasnitsyn and Aristov (2004).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Homocladus grandis Carpenter p. 61 figs. Pl 6, text-figs 2-4
1966Homocladus ornatus Carpenter p. 62 fig. 5
2004Spargoptilon grandis Rasnitsyn and Aristov p. S160
2004Spargoptilon ornatus Rasnitsyn and Aristov p. S159
2009Homocladus grandis Béthoux and Wieland p. 101 fig. 23
2010Homocladus grandis Béthoux et al. p. 747 figs. 1, 2, 4.1, 4.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderPaoliida
familyAnthracoptilidae
genusHomocladus
speciesgrandis

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.

Homocladus grandis Carpenter 1966
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Invalid names: Homocladus ornatus Carpenter 1966 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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