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Megathentomum pustulatum

Insecta

Taxonomy
Megathentomum pustulatum was named by Scudder (1868). It is an impression. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (University of Illinois collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Megathentomum pustulatum Scudder p. 7
1885Megathentomum pustulatum Scudder p. 346 figs. Pl 32, figs 1,9,10
1906Megathentomum pustulatum Handlirsch p. 321 figs. Pl XXXIII fig 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassPalaeopteraMartynov 1923
genusMegathentomum
speciespustulatum

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.

†Megathentomum pustulatum Scudder 1868
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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: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Megathentomum pustulatum (type locality: 152106)