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Micropalentomum minusculum

Insecta - Micropalentomidae

Taxonomy
Micropalentomum minusculum was named by Schmidt (1962). Its type specimen is GLNW Kar 720, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Beeckerwerth Nr. 4 borehole, 113.65-114.55 m, which is in a Westphalian A terrestrial shale in the Bochum Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Micropalentomum.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Micropalentomum minusculum Schmidt p. 833 figs. Pl 1, fig 4; text-fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
familyMicropalentomidae
genusMicropalentomum
speciesminusculum

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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Westphalian A or 318.70000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Germany Micropalentomum minusculum (type locality: 157048)