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Samsonileon fragmentatus

Insecta - Neuroptera - Palaeoleontidae

Taxonomy
Samsonileon fragmentatus was named by Ponomarenko (1997). Its type specimen is HU 38330, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Gerofit (Hebrew University collection), which is in a Turonian lagoonal shale in the Ora Formation of Israel. It is the type species of Samsonileon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Samsonileon fragmentatus Ponomarenko

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
Metaxyneuroptera
Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
Euneuroptera
Neoneuroptera
Geoneuroptera
suborderMyrmeleontiformiaHenry 1982
superfamilyMyrmeleontoidea
Myrmeleontoidae
familyPalaeoleontidae()
genusSamsonileon
speciesfragmentatus

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.

Samsonileon fragmentatus Ponomarenko 1997
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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: Middle Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Israel Samsonileon fragmentatus (type locality: 103446)