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Austrelytron tillyardi

Insecta - Protelytroptera - Protocoleidae

Taxonomy
Austrelytron tillyardi was named by Kukalová (1966). Its type specimen is BMNH IN.45525, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Belmont (BMNH collection), which is in a Changhsingian pond chert in the Croudace Bay Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Austrelytron.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Austrelytron tillyardi Kukalová p. 98 fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
ExopterygotaSharp 1899
orderProtelytroptera
familyProtocoleidae
genusAustrelytron
speciestillyardi

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.

Austrelytron tillyardi Kukalová 1966
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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: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Australia (New South Wales) Austrelytron tillyardi (type locality: 107958)