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Anglopterum magnificum

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Homoiopteridae

Taxonomy
Anglopterum magnificum was named by Prokop et al. (2006). It is an impression. Its type locality is Crock Hey opencast pit, which is in a Westphalian A interdistributary bay mudstone in the Wigan Four-Foot Coal Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Anglopterum.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Anglopterum magnificum Prokop et al. p. 870 fig. 7,8

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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
familyHomoiopteridae
genusAnglopterum
speciesmagnificum

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.

†Anglopterum magnificum Prokop et al. 2006
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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: Westphalian A or 318.70000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) Anglopterum magnificum (type locality: 102655 124367)