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Priscaenigma obtusa

Insecta - Priscaenigmatidae

Taxonomy
Priscaenigma obtusa was named by Whalley (1985). Its type specimen is BMNH In 53898, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Flatstones, Black Ven, Charmouth (Jackson collection), which is in an Obtusum marine mudstone in the Charmouth Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Priscaenigma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Priscaenigma obtusa Whalley p. 148 figs. Figs 43, 46
1988Priscaenigma obtusa Whalley p. 62
1994Priscaenigma obtusa Willmann p. 169 fig. 1
2002Priscaenigma obtusa Engel p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
suborderPriscaenigmatomorpha
familyPriscaenigmatidae
genusPriscaenigma
speciesobtusa

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.

†Priscaenigma obtusa Whalley 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available