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Miolopterina tenuipennis

Insecta - Eoblattida - Megakhosaridae

Taxonomy
Miolopterina tenuipennis was named by Riek (1976). Its type specimen is NM 909, a hindwing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Mooi River Locality, which is in a Changhsingian delta plain shale in South Africa. It is the type species of Miolopterina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Miolopterina tenuipennis Riek p. 762 figs. 5; Pl 1 fig 4
1998Miolopterina tenuipennis Storozhenko p. 166 fig. 403
1999Miolopterina tenuipennis van Dijk and Geertsema p. 139
2014Miolopterina tenuipennis Storozhenko and Aristov p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderEoblattidaHandlirsch 1906
familyMegakhosaridae
genusMiolopterina
speciestenuipennis

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: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) Miolopterina tenuipennis (14361)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17South Africa (Natal) Miolopterina tenuipennis (type locality: 124428)