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Westphalomerope maryvonneae

Insecta - Protomeroptera - Protomeropidae

Taxonomy
Westphalomerope maryvonneae was named by Nel et al. (2007). Its type specimen is MNHN-LP-R.55181, a hindwing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Bruay-la-Bussière, Terril 5bis, Pas-de-Calais, which is in a Westphalian A terrestrial shale in France. It is the type species of Westphalomerope.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Westphalomerope maryvonneae Nel et al. p. 351 fig. 1A

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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
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
orderProtomeroptera
familyProtomeropidae
genusWestphalomerope
speciesmaryvonneae

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.

†Westphalomerope maryvonneae Nel et al. 2007
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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: Westphalian A or 318.70000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9France Westphalomerope maryvonneae (type locality: 122506)