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Westphaloptilus gallicus

Insecta - Paoliida - Anthracoptilidae

Taxonomy
Westphaloptilus gallicus was named by Guan et al. (2016). Its type specimen is Bruay F.5 BR27-28, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Bruay-en-Artois, coal heap no 26, which is in a Westphalian C/Westphalian D terrestrial shale in France. It is the type species of Westphaloptilus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Westphaloptilus gallicus Guan et al. p. 80 fig. 6,7

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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
genusWestphaloptilus
speciesgallicus

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.

†Westphaloptilus gallicus Guan et al. 2016
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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: base of the Westphalian C to the top of the Westphalian D or 314.60000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 307.5France (Nord Pas de Calais) Westphaloptilus gallicus (type locality: 153462)