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Phenopterum briggsi

Insecta - Reculida - Sylvaphlebiidae

Taxonomy
Phenopterum briggsi was named by Béthoux and Nel (2010). Its type specimen is MNHN Sotty II-083713, an exoskeleton (four incomplete wings connected to pterothorax), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Montceau-les-Mines (Sotty MNHN/MHNA coll), which is in a Stephanian B deltaic mudstone in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Phenopterum briggsi Béthoux and Nel p. 547 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
orderReculida()
familySylvaphlebiidae
genusPhenopterum
speciesbriggsi

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.

†Phenopterum briggsi Béthoux and Nel 2010
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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: Stephanian B or 301.50000 to 301.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0France Phenopterum briggsi (type locality: 122490)