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Dictyoneura nigra

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Dictyoneuridae

Taxonomy
Dictyoneura nigra was named by Kliver (1883). Its type specimen is Bergschule Saarbrücken 7d Ab 3, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Frankenholz, which is in a Westphalian C/Westphalian D terrestrial horizon in the Lower Saarbrucker layer Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Goldenbergia nigra by Scudder (1885).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Dictyoneura nigra Kliver p. 260 figs. Pl 35, fig 5
1885Goldenbergia nigra Scudder p. 171
1906Dictyoneura nigra Handlirsch p. 68 figs. Pl IX fig 11
1919Dictyoneura nigra Handlirsch p. 518
1922Dictyoneura nigra Handlirsch p. 26
1934Dictyoneura nigra Guthörl p. 53 fig. 26
1934Dictyoneura nigra Waterlot p. 141 figs. Pl 17, fig 2
1936Dictyoneura nigra Guthörl p. 83 figs. 1; Pl I fig 1

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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
suborderDictyoneurinaHandlirsch 1906
superfamilyDictyoneuroideaHandlirsch 1906
familyDictyoneuridae
genusDictyoneura
speciesnigra

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.

Dictyoneura nigra Kliver 1883
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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: base of the Westphalian C to the top of the Westphalian D or 314.60000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 307.4Germany Dictyoneura nigra (type locality: 123825)