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Dichentomum minimum

Insecta - Permopsocida - Psocidiidae

Taxonomy
Psocidium minimum was named by Tillyard (1926). Its type specimen is YPM 5110, an exoskeleton (complete insect), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Elmo, YPM 1921 collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Dichentomum minimum by Carpenter (1932), Huang et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Psocidium minimum Tillyard p. 330
1932Dichentomum minimum Carpenter p. 9
2016Dichentomum minimum Huang et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
orderPermopsocida()
familyPsocidiidae
genusDichentomum
speciesminimum()

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.

Dichentomum minimum Tillyard 1926
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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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Kansas) Dichentomum minimum (111217) Psocidium minimum (type locality: 111219)