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Protereisma permianum

Insecta - Protereismatidae

Taxonomy

Protereisma permianum was named by Sellards (1907). It is an impression. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

Synonyms

Protechma acuminatum was named by Sellards (1907). It is an impression. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas. It is the type species of Protechma.

It was synonymized subjectively with Protereisma permianum by Tillyard (1932).
Prodromus rectus was named by Sellards (1907). It is an impression. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas. It is the type species of Prodromus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Protereisma permianum by Tillyard (1932).
Scopus gracilis was named by Sellards (1907). It is an impression. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas. It is the type species of Mecus, Scopus.

It was recombined as Mecus gracilis by Handlirsch (1922); it was recombined as Protereisma gracile by Tillyard (1932); it was synonymized subjectively with Protereisma permianum by Carpenter (1933).
Protereisma minus was named by Sellards (1907). It is an impression. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

It was synonymized subjectively with Protereisma permianum by Carpenter (1933).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1907	Scopus gracilis Sellards
1907	Protereisma minus Sellards p. 348 fig. 9
1907	Protereisma permianum Sellards p. 348 fig. 3
1907	Prodromus rectus Sellards p. 349 fig. 10
1907	Protechma acuminatum Sellards p. 349 fig. 8
1907	Scopus gracilis Sellards p. 352 fig. 12
1922	Prodromus rectus Handlirsch p. 60
1922	Protechma acuminatum Handlirsch p. 60
1922	Protereisma minus Handlirsch p. 60
1922	Protereisma permianum Handlirsch p. 60
1922	Mecus gracilis Handlirsch p. 61
1932	Protereisma permianum Tillyard p. 247 fig. 5,14
1932	Protereisma gracile Tillyard p. 252 fig. 15
1932	Protereisma minus Tillyard p. 254
1938	Protereisma permianum Martynov p. 34 fig. 11
2007	Protereisma permianum Willmann p. 115 fig. 5

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017

Rank	Name	Author
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
infraclass	Hydropalaeoptera	Rohdendorf 1969
—	Euhydropalaeoptera
—	Panephemeroptera	Crampton 1928
—	Ephemerida	(Latreille 1810)
suborder	Permoplectoptera
family	Protereismatidae	()
genus	Protereisma
species	permianum

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.

†Protereisma permianum Sellards 1907

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Invalid names: Prodromus rectus Sellards 1907 [synonym], Protechma acuminatum Sellards 1907 [synonym], Protereisma gracile Sellards 1907 [synonym], Protereisma minus Sellards 1907 [synonym]

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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Artinskian	290.1 - 283.3	USA (Kansas)	Protereisma permianum (111319 111320 151412) Protereisma permianum, Protechma acuminatum, Prodromus rectus, Scopus gracilis, Protereisma minus (type locality: 21979) Protereisma permianum, Protereisma minus, Protereisma gracile (111219)