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Popovus pygmaeus

Insecta - Hemiptera - Progonocimicidae

Taxonomy
Progonus pygmaeus was named by Popov (1986). Its type specimen is PIN 3152/4223, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Myangad locality, Section 221/17, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Progonus, Popovus.

It was recombined as Popovus pygmaeus by Özdikmen and Demir (2007), Dong et al. (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Progonus pygmaeus Popov p. 52 figs. 24; Pl IV fig 1
1986Progonus similis Popov p. 52 figs. 25; Pl IV fig 2
1991Progonus pygmaeus Popov and Shcherbakov p. 219
2007Popovus pygmaeus Özdikmen and Demir p. 438
2007Popovus similis Özdikmen and Demir p. 438
2014Popovus pygmaeus Dong et al. p. 774

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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
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderColeorrhynchaMyers and China 1929
superfamilyProgonocimicoideaHandlirsch 1906
familyProgonocimicidae
genusPopovus
speciespygmaeus()

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.

Popovus pygmaeus Popov 1986
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Invalid names: Progonus similis Popov 1986 [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: Aptian or 121.40000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mongolia (Kobdo aimak) Progonus pygmaeus, Progonus similis (type locality: 104054)