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Lithoptilus boulei

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Megaptilidae

Taxonomy
Archaeoptilus boulei was named by Meunier (1908). 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 recombined as Anaxion boulei by Handlirsch (1919); it was recombined as Lithoptilus boulei by Lameere (1917), Handlirsch (1922), Kukalová (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Archaeoptilus boulei Meunier p. 153
1909Archaeoptilus boulei Meunier p. 131 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; text-fig 1
1917Lithoptilus boulei Lameere p. 157
1919Anaxion boulei Handlirsch p. 529
1922Lithoptilus boulei Handlirsch p. 44
1969Lithoptilus boulei Kukalová p. 483 fig. 49

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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
RankNameAuthor
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
orderPalaeodictyoptera
familyMegaptilidae
genusLithoptilus
speciesboulei()

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.

Lithoptilus boulei Meunier 1908
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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: 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 Archaeoptilus boulei (type locality: 121979)