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Paramecoptera (disused)

Insecta - Mecoptera

Taxonomy
Paramecoptera was named by Tillyard (1919).

It was reranked as the suborder Paramecoptera by Riek (1953).

It was assigned to Pterygota by Tillyard (1922); and to Mecoptera by Riek (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Paramecoptera Tillyard p. 234
1922Paramecoptera Tillyard
1953Paramecoptera Riek

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderParamecoptera()
suborderParamecoptera()

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.

Subor. †Paramecoptera Tillyard 1919
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available