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Pristapenesia inopinata
Taxonomy
Dominibythus inopinatus was named by Prentice and Poinar (1996). Its type specimen is USNM Brodzinsky/Lopen-Penha 7594, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (USNM Brodzinsky Lopez-Pena coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
It was recombined as Pristapenesia inopinatus by Brothers and Janzen (1999); it was recombined as Pristapenesia inopinata by Engel and Grimaldi (2007), Engel et al. (2013) and Engel (2015).
It was recombined as Pristapenesia inopinatus by Brothers and Janzen (1999); it was recombined as Pristapenesia inopinata by Engel and Grimaldi (2007), Engel et al. (2013) and Engel (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1996 | Dominibythus inopinatus Prentice and Poinar p. 805 figs. 1, 3, 4, 7-9 |
| 1999 | Pristapenesia inopinatus Brothers and Janzen p. 20 |
| 2007 | Pristapenesia inopinata Engel and Grimaldi p. 2 |
| 2013 | Pristapenesia inopinata Engel et al. |
| 2015 | Pristapenesia inopinata Engel p. 3 |
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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.
†Pristapenesia inopinata Prentice and Poinar 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available