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Commentrya maximae

Insecta - Protorthoptera

Taxonomy
Oedischia maximae was named by Brongniart (1894). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R51126, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France. It is the type species of Oedischiopsis, Commentrya.

It was recombined as Oedischiopsis maximae by Handlirsch (1919); it was considered a nomen dubium by Handlirsch (1906); it was recombined as Commentrya maximae by Lameere (1917) and Handlirsch (1922).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Oedischia maximae Brongniart p. 437 figs. Pl 35, fig 10
1917Commentrya maximae Lameere p. 176
1919Oedischiopsis maximae Handlirsch p. 588
1922Commentrya maximae Handlirsch p. 215

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderProtorthoptera
genusCommentrya
speciesmaximae()

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.

Commentrya maximae Brongniart 1894
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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: 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 Oedischia maximae (103635)