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Cycloscelis elegantissima

Insecta - Megasecoptera - Sphecopteridae

Taxonomy
Cycloscelis elegantissima was named by Meunier (1908). It is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

It was recombined as Sphecoptera elegantissima by Lameere (1917) and Carpenter (1951).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Cycloscelis elegantissima Meunier p. 249 fig. 5
1909Cycloscelis elegantissima Meunier p. 142 figs. Pl 2, fig 5; text-fig 14
1917Sphecoptera elegantissima Lameere p. 144
1951Sphecoptera elegantissima Carpenter p. 347 fig. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
—Megasecopteromorpha
orderMegasecoptera
familySphecopteridae
genusCycloscelis
specieselegantissima

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.

†Cycloscelis elegantissima Meunier 1908
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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: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9France Cycloscelis elegantissima (type locality: 121979)