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Polioptenus bertrandi

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Dictyoneuridae

Taxonomy
Polioptenus bertrandi was named by Waterlot (1934). It is an impression. Its type locality is Petite-Rosselle colliery, Wendel pit, vein 8, etage 432, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial shale in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Polioptenus bertrandi Waterlot p. 126 figs. Pl 16, fig 1

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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)
orderPalaeodictyoptera
suborderDictyoneurinaHandlirsch 1906
superfamilyDictyoneuroideaHandlirsch 1906
familyDictyoneuridae
genusPolioptenus
speciesbertrandi

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.

†Polioptenus bertrandi Waterlot 1934
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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: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5France Polioptenus bertrandi (type locality: 153145)