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Karoohymen

Insecta - Megasecoptera - Scytohymenidae

Taxonomy
Karoohymen was named by Riek (1976). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Asthenohymen by Carpenter (1992).

It was assigned to Scytohymenidae by Riek (1976), van Dijk and Geertsema (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Karoohymen Riek p. 757
1999Karoohymen van Dijk and Geertsema p. 138

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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)
Megasecopteromorpha
orderMegasecoptera
familyScytohymenidae
genusKaroohymen

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.

G. †Karoohymen Riek 1976
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Karoohymen minutus van Dijk and Geertsema 1999
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: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902South Africa (Natal) K. delicatulus, K. minutus (124428)