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Anagesthes affinis

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera

Taxonomy
Termes affinis was named by Goldenberg (1854). Its type specimen is Naturhist Ver. Bonn, 16(41), a wing (small fragment), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Altenwald mine, which is in a Westphalian C terrestrial shale/bituminous coal in the Lower Saarbrucker layer Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Dictyoneura affinis by Scudder (1885); it was considered a nomen nudum by Goldenberg (1852); it was recombined as Anagesthes affinis by Handlirsch (1906), von Schlechtendal (1913), Handlirsch (1919), Handlirsch (1922), Guthörl (1934) and Waterlot (1934).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Termes affinis Goldenberg p. 31 figs. Pl 6, fig 1
1873Termes affinis Goldenberg p. 11 figs. Pl 2, fig 5
1885Dictyoneura affinis Scudder p. 170
1906Anagesthes affinis Handlirsch p. 71 figs. Pl IX fig 17
1913Anagesthes affinis von Schlechtendal p. 107 figs. Pl 1, fig 6; pl 8, fig 6
1919Anagesthes affinis Handlirsch p. 519
1922Anagesthes affinis Handlirsch p. 28
1934Anagesthes affinis Guthörl pp. 63-64 figs. 34; Pl 12 fig 1
1934Anagesthes affinis Waterlot p. 129 fig. 37

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
orderPalaeodictyoptera
genusAnagesthes
speciesaffinis()

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.

Anagesthes affinis Goldenberg 1854
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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 or 318.70000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian318.7 - 307.5Germany (Saarbrücken) Termes affinis (124243)