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Pachytylopsis melas

Insecta - Protorthoptera - Pachytylopsidae

Taxonomy
Palorthopteron melas was named by Handlirsch (1904). It is an impression. Its type locality is Belle-et-Bonne coliery, Avaleresse pit, Frameries, which is in a Westphalian C terrestrial siliciclastic in the Flénu Formation of Belgium.

It was recombined as Pachytylopsis melas by Pruvost (1930).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Palorthopteron melas Handlirsch p. 15 figs. Pl 5 fig 24
1906Palorthopteron melas Handlirsch p. 139 figs. Pl XIV fig 9
1922Palorthopteron melas Handlirsch p. 80
1930Pachytylopsis melas Pruvost p. 153

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderProtorthoptera
familyPachytylopsidae
genusPachytylopsis
speciesmelas()

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.

Pachytylopsis melas Handlirsch 1904
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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 - 309.8Belgium Palorthopteron melas (type locality: 123820)