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Palaeoptilus brullei

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Spilapteridae

Taxonomy
Palaeoptilus brullei was named by Brongniart (1894). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R51136, a forewing (lacking basal quarter and posterior margin), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France. It is the type species of Palaeoptilus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Palaeoptilus brullei Brongniart p. 353 figs. Pl 19, fig 15
1906Palaeoptilus brullei Handlirsch p. 102 figs. Pl XI fig 15
1919Palaeoptilus brullei Handlirsch p. 530
1969Palaeoptilus brullei Kukalová p. 191 fig. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
orderPalaeodictyoptera
superfamilySpilapteroidea
familySpilapteridae
genusPalaeoptilus
speciesbrullei

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.

Palaeoptilus brullei Brongniart 1894
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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: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9France Palaeoptilus brullei (type locality: 103635)