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Platephemera antiqua

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera

Taxonomy
Platephemera antiqua was named by Scudder (1867). It is an impression. Its type locality is Plant Bed 7, Fern Ledges, Carleton, Saint John, which is in a Westphalian A estuary/bay shale in the Lancaster Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Platephemera antiqua Scudder p. 205 fig. 2
1868Platephemera antiqua Scudder figs. Pl 16, fig 3
1880Platephemera antiqua Scudder pp. 7-12 figs. Pl 1 figs 5, 9, 10
1885Platephemera antiqua Scudder p. 758 fig. 943
1906Platephemera antiqua Handlirsch p. 90 figs. Pl X fig 22
1922Platephemera antiqua Handlirsch p. 40
1984Platephemera antiqua Durden p. 176

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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
genusPlatephemera
speciesantiqua

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.

Platephemera antiqua Scudder 1867
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

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 - 314.6Canada (New Brunswick) Platephemera antiqua (type locality: 122729)