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Heolus providentiae

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera

Taxonomy
Heolus providentiae was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type specimen is USNM 38700, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is East Providence, which is in a Westphalian C/Westphalian D terrestrial siliciclastic in Rhode Island.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Heolus providentiae Handlirsch p. 95 figs. Pl XI fig 6
1919Heolus providentiae Handlirsch p. 527
1922Heolus providentiae Handlirsch p. 42
1984Heolus providentiae Durden p. 179

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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
genusHeolus
speciesprovidentiae

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.

†Heolus providentiae Handlirsch 1906
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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: base of the Westphalian C to the top of the Westphalian D or 314.60000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 307.5USA (Rhode Island) Heolus providentiae (type locality: 114462)