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Shurabia elegans

Insecta - Reculida - Geinitziidae

Taxonomy
Minesedes elegans was named by Fujiyama (1973). Its type specimen is NSM-PA11258, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Hazegatani coal mine, Omine, which is in a Carnian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Momonoki Formation of Japan.

It was recombined as Shurabia elegans by Aristov et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Minesedes elegans Fujiyama p. 368 figs. Pl 4, fig 3; text-fig 16
2009Shurabia elegans Aristov et al. p. 419

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
orderReculida()
familyGeinitziidae
genusShurabia
specieselegans()

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.

Shurabia elegans Fujiyama 1973
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan Minesedes elegans (type locality: 155677)