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Mazonopsocus testai

Insecta - Miomoptera - Palaeomanteidae

Taxonomy
Mazonopsocus testai was named by Prokop et al. (2017). Its type specimen is FM TVT1991, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (FMNH Testa collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Mazonopsocus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Mazonopsocus testai Prokop et al. p. 10 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
Clareocercaria
orderMiomoptera
familyPalaeomanteidae()
genusMazonopsocus
speciestestai

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.

Mazonopsocus testai Prokop et al. 2017
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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 D or 311.45000 to 306.95000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D311.45 - 306.95USA (Illinois) Mazonopsocus testai (type locality: 188251)