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Callietheira granthami

Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae

Taxonomy
Callietheira granthami was named by van Dijk and Geertsema (1999). Its type specimen is NM 2558 ab, a forewing (complete forewing), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Bulwer (Bul 111), which is in a Changhsingian delta plain shale in the Estcourt Formation of South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Callietheira granthami van Dijk and Geertsema p. 148 figs. 47, 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
familyPermochoristidae
subfamilyPermochoristinaeTillyard 1917
genusCallietheira
speciesgranthami

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.

Callietheira granthami van Dijk and Geertsema 1999
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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: one only


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