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Eriocraniidae
Taxonomy
Eriocraniidae was named by Meyrick (1927). It is extant.
It was assigned to Dacnonypha by Speidel (1977); to Dacnonypha by Carpenter (1992); and to Eriocranioidea by van Nieukerken et al. (2011), Sohn et al. (2012), Regier et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Dacnonypha by Speidel (1977); to Dacnonypha by Carpenter (1992); and to Eriocranioidea by van Nieukerken et al. (2011), Sohn et al. (2012), Regier et al. (2015).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1927 | Eriocraniidae Meyrick p. 870 |
| 1977 | Eriocraniidae Speidel |
| 1992 | Eriocraniidae Carpenter |
| 2011 | Eriocraniidae van Nieukerken et al. p. 212 |
| 2012 | Eriocraniidae Sohn et al. p. 19 |
| 2015 | Eriocraniidae Regier et al. |
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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. Eriocraniidae Meyrick 1927
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Subfm. †Cretocraniinae Melnitsky and Ivanov 2020
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G. †Cretocrania Melnitsky and Ivanov 2020
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†Cretocrania glosancestralis Melnitsky and Ivanov 2020
†Cretocrania inconcessa Melnitsky and Ivanov 2020
†Cretocrania stekolnikovi Melnitsky and Ivanov 2020
G. Dyseriocrania Spuler 1910
G. Eriocrania Zeller 1851
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aptian to the top of the Piacenzian or 121.40000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aptian | Russian Federation (Buryatia) | Cretocrania stekolnikovi, Cretocrania glosancestralis, Cretocrania inconcessa (113350) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Eriocranites hercynicus (109196) |