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Paracridites formosus

Insecta

Taxonomy
Acridites formosus was named by Goldenberg (1873). Its type specimen is Naturhist. Ver. Bonn, 23(42), a wing (wing fragment), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Fischbach, Rußhütte, which is in a Westphalian C lacustrine shale in the Lower Saarbrucker layer Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Megathentomum formosum by Scudder (1885); it was recombined as Paracridites formosus by Handlirsch (1906), von Schlechtendal (1913) and Guthörl (1934).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Acridites formosus Goldenberg p. 18 figs. Pl 2, fig 18
1877Acridites formosus Goldenberg p. 51
1885Megathentomum formosum Scudder p. 347
1906Paracridites formosus Handlirsch p. 322 figs. Pl XXXIII fig 17
1913Paracridites formosus von Schlechtendal p. 154 figs. Pl 1, fig 16; pl 10, fig 4
1934Paracridites formosus Guthörl pp. 166-168 figs. 109; Pl 25 fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
genusParacridites
speciesformosus()

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.

†Paracridites formosus Goldenberg 1873
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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 C or 314.60000 to 309.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8Germany Acridites formosus (type locality: 138365)