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Compsoneura formosa

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera

Taxonomy
Compsoneura formosa was named by Brongniart (1894). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R51243, a hindwing, 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Compsoneura formosa Brongniart p. 336 figs. Pl 19, fig 2
1906Compsoneura formosa Handlirsch p. 104 figs. Pl XI fig 21
1917Compsoneura formosa Lameere p. 149
1919Compsoneura formosa Handlirsch p. 530
1922Compsoneura formosa Handlirsch p. 46
1969Compsoneura formosa Kukalová p. 208 fig. 23

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

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.

Compsoneura formosa 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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

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 Compsoneura formosa (type locality: 103635)