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Mesoptilus carpenteri

Insecta - Paoliida - Anthracoptilidae

Taxonomy
Mesoptilus carpenteri was named by Guan et al. (2016). Its type specimen is MCZ 11253, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Elmo, MCZ post-1950 collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Mesoptilus carpenteri Guan et al. p. 77 fig. 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
genusMesoptilus
speciescarpenteri

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.

Mesoptilus carpenteri Guan et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available