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Baissoptera brasiliensis

Insecta - Raphidioptera - Baissopteridae

Taxonomy
Baissoptera brasiliensis was named by Oswald (1990). Its type specimen is AMNH 43287, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crato (AMNH collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Baissoptera brasiliensis Oswald p. 154 fig. 1,3,4
2002Baissoptera brasiliensis Engel p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
orderRaphidioptera()
suborderRaphidiomorpha
familyBaissopteridae
genusBaissoptera
speciesbrasiliensis

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.

†Baissoptera brasiliensis Oswald 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available