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Pteronidia plicatula

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera

Taxonomy
Pteronidia plicatula was named by Bolton (1912). It is an impression. Its type locality is Shipley Manor (Digby) Claypit, which is in a Westphalian B delta plain claystone in the Middle Coal Measures Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Pteronidia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Pteronidia plicatula Bolton p. 313 figs. Pl 32, figs 1-3
1919Pteronidia plicatula Handlirsch p. 524
1921Pteronidia plicatula Bolton p. 30 figs. Pl 1, fig 3; text-fig 2
1922Pteronidia plicatula Handlirsch p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
orderPalaeodictyoptera
genusPteronidia
speciesplicatula

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.

†Pteronidia plicatula Bolton 1912
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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: Westphalian B or 316.90000 to 314.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6United Kingdom (England) Pteronidia plicatula (type locality: 127218)