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Meganeurula selysii

Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae

Taxonomy
Meganeura selysii was named by Brongniart (1894). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R52939, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

It was corrected as Meganeura selysi by Lameere (1917); it was recombined as Meganeurula selysii by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1922), Carpenter (1943), Brauckmann and Zessin (1989), Nel et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Meganeura selysii Brongniart p. 395 figs. Pl 28, fig 1; pl 29, fig 1
1906Meganeurula selysii Handlirsch p. 310 figs. Pl XXXII fig 37,38
1917Meganeura selysi Lameere p. 161
1922Meganeurula selysii Handlirsch p. 63
1943Meganeurula selysii Carpenter p. 544 figs. Pl 1
1989Meganeurula selysii Brauckmann and Zessin p. 182
2018Meganeurula selysii Nel et al. p. 1 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
Euhydropalaeoptera
OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
Palaeodonatoptera
Plesiodonatoptera
Apodonatoptera
Paneodonatoptera
Neodonatoptera
orderMeganisoptera
familyMeganeuridae
subfamilyMeganeurinaeHandlirsch 1906
genusMeganeurulaHandlirsch 1906
speciesselysii()

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.

Meganeurula selysii Brongniart 1894
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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: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9France Meganeura selysii (type locality: 103635)