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Platyscytinella paradoxa

Insecta - Hemiptera - Progonocimicidae

Taxonomy
Platyscytinella paradoxa was named by Evans (1956). Its type specimen is UQ C169, a tegmen, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Mount Crosby Insect Bed (UQ collection), which is in a Norian pond shale in Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Platyscytinella paradoxa Evans p. 245 figs. 29C-E, I-K
1961Platyscytinella paradoxa Evans p. 21
1963Platyscytinella paradoxa Wootton p. 252 fig. 4,5
2014Platyscytinella paradoxa Dong et al. p. 774

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderColeorrhynchaMyers and China 1929
superfamilyProgonocimicoideaHandlirsch 1906
familyProgonocimicidae
genusPlatyscytinella
speciesparadoxa

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.

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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: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Australia (Queensland) Platyscytinella paradoxa (type locality: 106484 113431)