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Turneropterum turneri

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Homoiopteridae

Taxonomy
Turneropterum turneri was named by Kukalová-Peck and Richardson (1983). Its type specimen is RT 103a, b, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Near Worthington, Terre Haute locality, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Indiana. It is the type species of Turneropterum.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Turneropterum turneri Kukalová-Peck and Richardson p. 1680 figs. 15, 16

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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
genusTurneropterum
speciesturneri

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.

Turneropterum turneri 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 311.45000 to 306.95000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D311.45 - 306.95USA (Indiana) Turneropterum turneri (type locality: 127042)