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Protophasma dumasi

Insecta - Eoblattida - Protophasmatidae

Taxonomy
Protophasma dumasi was named by Brongniart (1878). It is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France. It is the type species of Protophasma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Protophasma dumasii Brongniart p. 3 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-4, 6, 9
1878Protophasma dumasi Brongniart p. 69
1885Protophasma dumasi Scudder p. 170
1885Protophasma dumasii Scudder p. 757 fig. 939
1906Protophasma dumasi Handlirsch p. 154 figs. Pl XVI fig 1, 2
1917Protophasma dumasi Lameere p. 170
1922Protophasma dumasi Handlirsch p. 98

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderEoblattidaHandlirsch 1906
familyProtophasmatidae()
genusProtophasma
speciesdumasi

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.

Protophasma dumasi Brongniart 1878
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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: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9France Protophasma dumasi (type locality: 103635)