Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Hexagenitidae
Alternative combinations: Ephemera cellulosa, Hexagenites cellulosa, Mesephemera cellulosa, Stenodicranum cellulosum
Synonyms: Ephemera mortua Hagen 1862, Ephemera multinervosa Oppenheim 1888, Hexagenites mortua Hagen 1862, Paedephemera mortua Hagen 1862, Paedephemera multinervosa Oppenheim 1888, Paedephemera oppenheimi Handlirsch 1906
Full reference: H. A. Hagen. 1862. Ueber die Neuropteren aus dem lithographischen Schiefer in Bayern. Palaeontographica 10:96-145
Belongs to Hexagenites according to R. Willmann 2007
See also Carpenter 1932, Carpenter 1992, Demoulin 1954, Demoulin 1955, Demoulin 1967, Demoulin 1970, Demoulin 1971, Hagen 1862, Handlirsch 1906, Oppenheim 1888 and Ponomarenko 1985
Sister taxon: Hexagenites weyenberghi
Type specimens:
- Hexagenites cellulosus: MCZ 6281ab, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Solnhofen (MCZ coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
- Ephemera mortua: MCZ 6283, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Solnhofen (MCZ coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
- Paedephemera multinervosa: Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
- Paedephemera oppenheimi:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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