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Merlebachia grimaudi

Insecta

Taxonomy
Merlebachia grimaudi was named by Waterlot (1934). It is an impression. Its type locality is Merlebach-Béning railway ballast, which is in a Westphalian C terrestrial shale in the Sulzbach Formation of France. It is the type species of Merlebachia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Merlebachia grimaudi Waterlot p. 162 figs. Pl 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
genusMerlebachia
speciesgrimaudi

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.

†Merlebachia grimaudi 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 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 - 309.8France Merlebachia grimaudi (type locality: 153147)