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Orthomylacris gurleyi

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Taxonomy
Mylacris gurleyi was named by Scudder (1895). Its type specimen is Coll Gurley, a tegmen (fragment), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (FMNH Gurley collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Handlirsch (1906); it was recombined as Orthomylacris gurleyi by Handlirsch (1920) and Handlirsch (1922).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Mylacris gurleyi Scudder p. 43 figs. Pl 1, fig 5
1903Mylacris gurleyi Melander p. 184
1920Orthomylacris gurleyi Handlirsch p. 454
1922Orthomylacris gurleyi Handlirsch p. 176

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
familyMylacridae()
genusOrthomylacris
speciesgurleyi()

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.

Orthomylacris gurleyi Scudder 1895
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Diagnosis
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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 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Mylacris gurleyi (type locality: 122521)