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Mesephemeridae

Insecta - Mesephemeridae

Taxonomy
Mesephemeridae was named by Lameere (1917). It is not extant. Its type is Mesephemera.

It was assigned to Ephemeroptera by Carpenter (1992); to Mesephemeriformia by Willmann (2007); and to Mesephemeroidea by Staniczek et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Mesephemeridae Lameere p. 47
1992Mesephemeridae Carpenter
2007Mesephemeridae Willmann p. 122
2011Mesephemeridae Staniczek et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—PanephemeropteraCrampton 1928
—Ephemerida(Latreille 1810)
suborderPermoplectoptera
superfamilyMesephemeroideaLameere 1917
familyMesephemeridaeLameere 1917
familyMesephemeridaeLameere 1917

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.

Fm. †Mesephemeridae Lameere 1917
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G. †Mesephemera Handlirsch 1906
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†Mesephemera lithophila Germar 1842
†Mesephemera prisca Germar 1839
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Invalid names: Mesephemera palaeon Weyenbergh 1874 [synonym], Mesephemera speciosa Oppenheim 1888 [synonym]
†Mesephemera procera Hagen 1862
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Invalid names: Mesephemera weyenberghi Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
Invalid names: Tineites Germar 1842 [replaced]
G. †Montralia Vía and Calzada 1987
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†Montralia muelleri Vía and Calzada 1987
G. †Palinephemera Lin 1986
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 241.46400 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Spain Montralia muelleri (149852)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Russian Federation (Chelyabinsk) Mesephemeridae indet. (157198)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9China (Hunan) Palinephemera densivena (155337)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Ephemera procera, Mesephemera weyenberghi, Anomalon palaeon (123906) Ephemera procera, Tineites lithophilus, Ephemera speciosa, Sciara prisca (123985) Mesephemera sp., Mesephemera procera, Mesephemera prisca (123144)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bavaria) Ephemera procera (122586) Mesephemera procera (139876)