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Chrestotes

Insecta - Protorthoptera

Taxonomy
Chrestotes was named by Scudder (1868). Its type is Chrestotes lapidea.

It was assigned to Palaeodictyoptera by Scudder (1885); to Insecta by Handlirsch (1906); and to Protorthoptera by Handlirsch (1919), Handlirsch (1922) and Carpenter (1992).

Species
C. lapidea (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Chrestotes Scudder p. 567
1885Chrestotes Scudder p. 341
1906Chrestotes Handlirsch p. 328
1919Chrestotes Handlirsch p. 551
1922Chrestotes Handlirsch p. 87
1992Chrestotes Carpenter p. 132

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderProtorthoptera
genusChrestotes

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.

G. †Chrestotes Scudder 1868
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†Chrestotes lapidea Scudder 1868
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 D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) C. lapidea (21981 152106)