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Boltonia

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Homoiopteridae

Taxonomy
Boltonia was named by Pruvost (1919). It is not extant. Its type is Boltonia robusta.

It was replaced with Boltopruvostia by Strand (1929), Carpenter (1992) and Prokop and Nel (2004).

It was assigned to Dictyoneuridae by Handlirsch (1922); to Stenodictyopteridae by Pruvost (1919), Pruvost (1930) and Laurentiaux (1953); and to Homoiopteridae by Clapham (2023).

Species
B. robusta (type species)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Boltonia Pruvost p. 98
1922Boltonia Handlirsch p. 32
1929Boltopruvostia Strand p. 20
1930Boltonia Pruvost p. 144
1953Boltonia Laurentiaux p. 419
1992Boltopruvostia Carpenter p. 36
2004Boltopruvostia Prokop and Nel p. 587
2023Boltonia Clapham

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
orderPalaeodictyoptera
familyHomoiopteridae
genusBoltonia

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.

G. †Boltonia Pruvost 1919
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Boltonia robusta Pruvost 1919
Invalid names: Boltopruvostia Strand 1929 [objective synonym]
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 B or 316.90000 to 314.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) B. robusta (154640)