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Orthomylacris mansfieldi

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Taxonomy
Mylacris mansfieldii was named by Scudder (1879). It is an impression. Its type locality is Cannelton, Vein C, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial shale in the Llewellyn Formation of Pennsylvania.

It was corrected as Mylacris mansfieldi by Scudder (1890), Scudder (1895), Melander (1903); it was recombined as Orthomylacris mansfieldi by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920), Handlirsch (1922).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Mylacris mansfieldii Scudder p. 47 figs. Pl 5 fig 15
1884Mylacris mansfieldii Scudder p. 308
1890Mylacris mansfieldi Scudder p. 401
1895Mylacris mansfieldi Scudder p. 47
1903Mylacris mansfieldi Melander p. 184
1906Orthomylacris mansfieldi Handlirsch p. 262 figs. Pl XXVII fig 22
1920Orthomylacris mansfieldi Handlirsch p. 454
1922Orthomylacris mansfieldi Handlirsch p. 175

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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
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
familyMylacridae()
genusOrthomylacris
speciesmansfieldi()

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.

†Orthomylacris mansfieldi Scudder 1879
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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: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Illinois) Mylacris mansfieldi (122524)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Pennsylvania) Mylacris mansfieldii (type locality: 117474)