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Metropator pusillus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8597680https://www.gbif.org/species/8597680
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)195696https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=195696
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Metropator : Metropator pusillus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Metropatoridae : Metropator : Metropator pusillus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
familyMetropatoridaeHandlirsch 1906
genusMetropatorHandlirsch 1906
speciesMetropator pusillusHandlirsch 1906
Generic NameMetropator
Scientific NameMetropator pusillus Handlirsch, 1906
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Metropator pusillusspeciesbelongs to Metropatorstated with evidenceHandlirsch, 1906
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance318 - 315 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance318 - 315 Ma
Carboniferous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Handlirsch. 1906. Revision of American Paleozoic insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1441):661-820

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1906Metropator pusillus Handlirsch p. 112 figs. Pl XII fig 12
1919Metropator pusillus Handlirsch p. 532
1922Metropator pusillus Handlirsch p. 49
1965Metropator pusillus Carpenter p. 177 fig. 1

References

Handlirsch A. (1906) Revision of American Paleozoic insects, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29 1441, 661-820
Handlirsch A. (1906) Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV, Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen, 1-640
Handlirsch A. (1919) Revision der Paläozoischen Insekten, Denkschriften der Akademie Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 96, 511-592
Handlirsch A. (1922) Insecta Palaeozoica, Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia 16, 1-230
Carpenter F. M. (1965) Studies on North American Carboniferous Insects: 4. The Genera Metropator, Eubleptus, Hapaloptera & Hadentomum, Psyche 72 2, 175-190
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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