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Palaeovelia spinosa

Insecta

Taxonomy
Palaeovelia spinosa was named by Scudder (1890). Its type specimen is MCZ 691, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Palaeovelia spinosa Scudder p. 349 figs. Pl 22 fig 13
1993Palaeovelia spinosa Nel and Paicheler p. 79
1998Palaeovelia spinosa Andersen p. 87

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
genusPalaeovelia
speciesspinosa

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.

†Palaeovelia spinosa Scudder 1890
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Diagnosis
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