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Afrocladus kenyaensis

Insecta - Paoliida - Anthracoptilidae

Taxonomy
Afrocladus kenyaensis was named by Nel et al. (2015). Its type specimen is NHM II 3069, a hindwing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Mariakani-MacKinnon Road well, 1289 feet depth, which is in a Lopingian terrestrial shale in the Maji ya Chumvi Formation of Kenya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Afrocladus kenyaensis Nel et al. p. 147 fig. 3,4

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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
orderPaoliida
familyAnthracoptilidae
genusAfrocladus
specieskenyaensis

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.

†Afrocladus kenyaensis Nel et al. 2015
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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: Lopingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17Kenya Afrocladus kenyaensis (type locality: 166806)