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Sismerobius pusillus

Insecta - Permithonidae

Taxonomy
Sismerobius pusillus was named by Riek (1976). Its type specimen is NM 938, an exoskeleton (wing with body fragments), 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 Sismerobius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Sismerobius pusillus Riek pp. 787-788 figs. 23; Pl 6 fig 8
1999Sismerobius pusillus van Dijk and Geertsema p. 140
2015Sismerobius pusillus Prokop et al. p. 266

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
familyPermithonidae
genusSismerobius
speciespusillus

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.

Sismerobius pusillus Riek 1976
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


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