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Epididontus geinitzianus

Insecta - Necrotrichoptera - Necrotauliidae

Taxonomy
Epididontus geinitzianus was named by Handlirsch (1939). It is an impression. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany. It is the type species of Epididontus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Epididontus geinitzianus Handlirsch p. 98 figs. Pl 9, fig 170

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Metamphiesmenoptera
—Euamphiesmenoptera
—Panendymenoptera
orderNecrotrichoptera
familyNecrotauliidae
genusEpididontus
speciesgeinitzianus

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.

†Epididontus geinitzianus Handlirsch 1939
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Toarcian or 183.00000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany Epididontus geinitzianus (type locality: 123987)