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Brodioptera cumberlandensis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8644702https://www.gbif.org/species/8644702
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)211633https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=211633
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Megasecoptera : Brodiopteridae : Brodioptera : Brodioptera cumberlandensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Megasecoptera : Brodiopteridae : Brodioptera : Brodioptera cumberlandensis
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
superorderPalaeodictyopterida
orderMegasecopteraBrongniart 1885
suborderEumegasecoptera
familyBrodiopteridaeCarpenter 1963
genusBrodiopteraCopeland 1957
speciesBrodioptera cumberlandensisCopeland 1957
Generic NameBrodioptera
Scientific NameBrodioptera cumberlandensis Copeland, 1957
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Brodioptera cumberlandensisspeciesbelongs to Brodiopterastated with evidenceCopeland, 1957
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)M. J. Copeland. 1957. The arthropod fauna of the Upper Carboniferous rocks of the Maritime Provinces. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 286:1-110

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1957Brodioptera cumberlandensis Copeland p. 53 figs. Pl 18, figs 1-3
1963Brodioptera cumberlandensis Carpenter p. 60 fig. 1
1992Brodioptera cumberlandensis Carpenter p. 48 fig. 29,5

References

Copeland M. J. (1957) The arthropod fauna of the Upper Carboniferous rocks of the Maritime Provinces, Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 286, 1-110
Carpenter F. M. (1963) Studies on North American Carboniferous insects. 2. The genus Brodioptera, from the Maritime Provinces, Canada, Psyche 70 1, 59-63
Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655
F. M. Carpenter (1992) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda: 1--655 - via Catalogue of Life
M. J. Copeland (1957) The arthropod fauna of the Upper Carboniferous rocks of the Maritime Provinces: Geological Survey of Canada Memoir: 1--110 - via Catalogue of Life
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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