Priscaenigma Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Raphidioptera |
Family: | † Priscaenigmatidae |
Genus: | † Priscaenigma |
Species: | †P. obtusa
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Binomial name | |
†Priscaenigma obtusa Whalley, 1985
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Priscaenigma is an extinct genus of snakefly of the Priscaenigmatidae family which was described by Whalley in 1985. [1] [2] The fossils were found on flatstones at Black Ven in Charmouth, Dorset at 50°42′N 2°54′W / 50.7°N 2.9°W in a marine environment of the Charmouth Mudstone Formation. [3] The fossils were collected by J. F. Jackson between 1961 and 1963. [3] [4] Its sister taxa is Hondelagia. [2] The genus contains one species, the extinct Priscaenigma obtusa, also described by Whalley in 1985. Its forewing is 12.6 centimetres (5.0 in) in length. Only a forewing was found when the species was discovered. [1] [5]
50°42′N 2°54′W / 50.7°N 2.9°W
Priscaenigma Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Raphidioptera |
Family: | † Priscaenigmatidae |
Genus: | † Priscaenigma |
Species: | †P. obtusa
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Binomial name | |
†Priscaenigma obtusa Whalley, 1985
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Priscaenigma is an extinct genus of snakefly of the Priscaenigmatidae family which was described by Whalley in 1985. [1] [2] The fossils were found on flatstones at Black Ven in Charmouth, Dorset at 50°42′N 2°54′W / 50.7°N 2.9°W in a marine environment of the Charmouth Mudstone Formation. [3] The fossils were collected by J. F. Jackson between 1961 and 1963. [3] [4] Its sister taxa is Hondelagia. [2] The genus contains one species, the extinct Priscaenigma obtusa, also described by Whalley in 1985. Its forewing is 12.6 centimetres (5.0 in) in length. Only a forewing was found when the species was discovered. [1] [5]
50°42′N 2°54′W / 50.7°N 2.9°W