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Pseudopolycentropus triangularis

Insecta - Mecoptera - Pseudopolycentropodidae

Taxonomy
Pseudopolycentropus triangularis was named by Handlirsch (1920). Its type specimen is GPI EMAU 123/185, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Pseudopolycentropus triangularis Handlirsch p. 199 fig. 167
1939Pseudopolycentropus triangularis Handlirsch p. 90 figs. Pl 8, fig 148
1978Pseudopolycentropus triangularis Willmann p. 90
1985Pseudopolycentropus prolatipennis Whalley p. 155 figs. Figs 55-56
1996Pseudopolycentropus triangularis Ansorge p. 78 figs. 61; Pl 12 fig 1-5
2003Pseudopolycentropus triangularis Ansorge fig. 4E

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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
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
superfamilyMesopsychoidea
familyPseudopolycentropodidae
genusPseudopolycentropus
speciestriangularis

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.

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Invalid names: Pseudopolycentropus prolatipennis Whalley 1985 [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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Obtusum to the top of the Early/Lower Toarcian or 199.50000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Pseudopolycentropus prolatipennis (114640)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Pseudopolycentropus triangularis (114993)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany Pseudopolycentropus triangularis (type locality: 123987)