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Lapeyria magnifica

Insecta - Lapeyriidae

Taxonomy
Lapeyria magnifica was named by Nel et al. (1999). Its type specimen is Ld LAP 316, an exoskeleton (complete specimen with four wings in contact with body), and it is an impression. Its type locality is F23, Les Canals, Lodève Basin, which is in a Kungurian pond claystone/siltstone in the Salagou Formation of France. It is the type species of Lapeyria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Lapeyria magnifica Nel et al. p. 66 figs. 3-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
RankNameAuthor
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
familyLapeyriidae
genusLapeyria
speciesmagnifica

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.

†Lapeyria magnifica Nel et al. 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available