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Palaeodictyopteron virginianum

Insecta

Taxonomy
Palaeodictyopteron virginianum was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type specimen is USNM 25635, a nymph, and it is an impression. Its type locality is McGinner's Mine near Hampton, which is in a Westphalian terrestrial horizon in West Virginia.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Carpenter (1948).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Palaeodictyopteron virginianum Handlirsch p. 63 figs. Pl VIII fig 19
1919Palaeodictyopteron virginianum Handlirsch p. 536
1984Palaeodictyopteron virginianum Durden p. 178

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassPalaeopteraMartynov 1923
genusPalaeodictyopteron
speciesvirginianum

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.

Palaeodictyopteron virginianum Handlirsch 1906
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Diagnosis
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