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Larryia osterbergi

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Homoiopteridae

Taxonomy
Larryia osterbergi was named by Kukalová-Peck and Richardson (1983). Its type specimen is P9B 674 ab, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (Larry Osterberger collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Larryia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Larryia osterbergi Kukalová-Peck and Richardson p. 1678 figs. 10B, 14

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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
familyHomoiopteridae
genusLarryia
speciesosterbergi

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.

†Larryia osterbergi Kukalová-Peck and Richardson 1983
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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 D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Larryia osterbergi (type locality: 127041)