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Saurophthiridae

Insecta - Siphonaptera - Saurophthiridae

Taxonomy
Saurophthiridae was named by Ponomarenko (1986). It is not extant. Its type is Saurophthirus.

It was assigned to Neoptera by Ponomarenko (1986); and to Saurophthiroidea by Rasnitsyn and Strelnikova (2017).

Subtaxa
Saurophthirus (type genus)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Saurophthiridae Ponomarenko p. 110
2013Saurophthiridae Gao et al. p. 1261
2017Saurophthiridae Rasnitsyn and Strelnikova p. 172

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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
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderSiphonapteraLatreille 1825
superfamilySaurophthiroidea
familySaurophthiridae
familySaurophthiridae

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. †Saurophthiridae Ponomarenko 1986
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G. †Saurophthirus Ponomarenko 1976
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Saurophthirus exquisitus Gao et al. 2013
Saurophthirus laevigatus Zhang et al. 2020
Saurophthirus longipes Ponomarenko 1976
Invalid names: Saurophthiridae Gao et al. 2013 [objective synonym]
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 Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Aptian or 125.77000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Liaoning) Saurophthirus exquisitus (111716) Saurophthirus exquisitus, Saurophthirus laevigatus (140491)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Russian Federation (Buryatia) Saurophthirus longipes (105969 118216)