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Narkema alternatum

Insecta - Cnemidolestodea - Cnemidolestidae

Taxonomy
Narkema alternatum was named by Cockerell (1924). It is an impression. Its type locality is Benson's Clay Mine, Big Savage Mt., which is in a Moscovian terrestrial shale in the Allegheny Formation of Maryland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Narkema alternatum Cockerell p. 30
1927Narkema alternatum Cockerell p. 413 figs. Pl VI fig 19

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
superorderArchaeorthoptera
orderCnemidolestodea
suborderCnemidolestina
familyCnemidolestidae
genusNarkema
speciesalternatum

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.

†Narkema alternatum Cockerell 1924
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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: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Maryland) Narkema alternatum (type locality: 124496)