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Lycodemas adolescens

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Lycocercidae

Taxonomy
Lycodemas adolescens was named by Carpenter and Richardson (1971). Its type specimen is Herdina H413, a nymph, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Pit 11, Braidwood, Mazon Creek (Herdina coll), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Lycodemas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Lycodemas adolescens Carpenter and Richardson p. 268

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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
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
orderPalaeodictyoptera
superfamilyEugereonoideaSinitshenkova 2002
familyLycocercidae
genusLycodemas
speciesadolescens

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.

Lycodemas adolescens Carpenter and Richardson 1971
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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: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Illinois) Lycodemas adolescens (type locality: 122538)