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Opisthocladus arcuatus

Insecta - Cnemidolestodea - Parmapteridae

Taxonomy
Opisthocladus arcuatus was named by Carpenter (1976). Its type specimen is MCZ 5882, 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 is the type species of Opisthocladus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Opisthocladus arcuatus Carpenter p. 342 fig. 4
2020Opistocladus arcuatus Aristov p. 7 fig. 5,6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
superorderArchaeorthoptera
orderCnemidolestodea
suborderParmapterina
familyParmapteridae
genusOpisthocladus
speciesarcuatus

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.

†Opisthocladus arcuatus Carpenter 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available