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Apachelytron transversum

Insecta - Protelytroptera - Apachelytridae

Taxonomy
Apachelytron transversum was named by Carpenter and Kukalová (1964). Its type specimen is Paleontology, Charles University 47/1964, an exoskeleton (almost complete insect), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Obora, southern edge of ravine, which is in an Asselian lacustrine - small shale in the Letovice Formation of the Czech Republic. It is the type species of Apachelytron.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Apachelytron transversum Carpenter and Kukalová p. 187 figs. 3; Pl 22

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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
ExopterygotaSharp 1899
orderProtelytroptera
familyApachelytridae
genusApachelytron
speciestransversum

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.

Apachelytron transversum Carpenter and Kukalová 1964
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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: Asselian or 298.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Czech Republic Apachelytron transversum (type locality: 114186)