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Rigattoptera ornellasae

Insecta - Protorthoptera - Rigattopteridae

Taxonomy
Rigattoptera ornellasae was named by Pinto (1996). Its type specimen is CORD-PZ-2101, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Bajo de Veliz (CORD collection), which is in a Kasimovian/Gzhelian floodplain siltstone in the Bajo de Veliz Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Rigattoptera.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Rigattoptera ornellasae Pinto pp. 44-45 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderProtorthoptera
familyRigattopteridae
genusRigattoptera
speciesornellasae

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.

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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: base of the Kasimovian to the top of the Gzhelian or 307.00000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9Argentina (San Luis) Rigattoptera ornellasae (type locality: 35057)