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Mazothairos enormis

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Homoiopteridae

Taxonomy
Mazothairos enormis was named by Kukalová-Peck and Richardson (1983). Its type specimen is UIMNH 2, a thorax, and it is a 3D fossil preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (UIMNH collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Mazothairos enormis Kukalová-Peck and Richardson p. 1672 figs. 1, 2
1992Mazothairos enormis Brauckmann and Becker p. 139

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
orderPalaeodictyoptera
familyHomoiopteridae
genusMazothairos
speciesenormis

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.

Mazothairos enormis Kukalová-Peck and Richardson 1983
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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 311.45000 to 306.95000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D311.45 - 306.95USA (Illinois) Mazothairos enormis (type locality: 127039)