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Palaeothrips fossilis

Insecta - Thysanoptera - Aeolothripidae

Taxonomy
Palaeothrips fossilis was named by Scudder (1867). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Fossil Cañon, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Palaeothrips.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Palaeothrips fossilis Scudder p. 117
1868Palaeothrips fossilis Scudder p. 221
1875Palaeothrips fossilis Scudder p. 222
1877Palaeothrips fossilis Scudder p. 761
1885Palaeothrips fossilis Scudder p. 784 fig. 999
1890Palaeothrips fossilis Scudder p. 373 figs. Pl 5 figs 104, 105, 115
1895Palaeothrips fossilis Uzel p. 286
1907Palaeothrips fossilis Handlirsch p. 691
2021Palaeothrips fossilis Mound and Hastenpflug-Vesmanis p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
superorderThripidaFallen 1814
orderThysanopteraHaliday 1836
suborderTerebrantiaHaliday 1836
familyAeolothripidaeUzel 1895
genusPalaeothrips
speciesfossilis

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.

†Palaeothrips fossilis Scudder 1867
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Diagnosis
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