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Meganeurites gracilipes

Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae

Taxonomy
Meganeurites gracilipes was named by Handlirsch (1919). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R53005, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

It was synonymized subjectively with Meganeurula selysii by Carpenter (1943); it was synonymized subjectively with Meganeura selysii by Brauckmann and Zessin (1989).

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by M. Clapham on 2011-01-30; modified by M. Clapham on 2018-08-14

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Meganeurites gracilipes Handlirsch p. 570 fig. 69
1922Meganeurites gracilipes Handlirsch p. 64
2018Meganeurites gracilipes Nel et al. p. 1 figs. 2-4

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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
subfamilyTupinae()
genusMeganeurites
speciesgracilipes

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.

†Meganeurites gracilipes Handlirsch 1919
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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 Meganeurites gracilipes (type locality: 121979)