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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
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
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
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: Obtusum or 196.50000 to 189.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Priscaenigma obtusa (type locality: 114639)