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Samsonileon

Insecta - Neuroptera - Palaeoleontidae

Taxonomy
Samsonileon was named by Ponomarenko (1997). It is not extant. Its type is Samsonileon fragmentatus.

It was assigned to Myrmeleontidae by Ponomarenko (1997); and to Palaeoleontidae by Dobruskina et al. (1997).

Species
S. fragmentatus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Samsonileon Dobruskina et al.
1997Samsonileon Ponomarenko

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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
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
Metaxyneuroptera
Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
Euneuroptera
Neoneuroptera
Geoneuroptera
suborderMyrmeleontiformiaHenry 1982
superfamilyMyrmeleontoidea
Myrmeleontoidae
familyPalaeoleontidae()
genusSamsonileon

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.

G. †Samsonileon Ponomarenko 1997
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Samsonileon fragmentatus Ponomarenko 1997
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: Middle Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Israel S. fragmentatus (103446)