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Metretopus

Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Metretopodidae

Taxonomy
Metretopus was named by Eaton (1901). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ametropidae by Demoulin (1965), Carpenter (1992); and to Metretopodidae by Kluge (2004), Staniczek and Godunko (2012), Staniczek and Godunko (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Metretopus Eaton p. 253
1965Metretopus Demoulin p. 144
1992Metretopus Carpenter
2004Metretopus Kluge
2012Metretopus Staniczek and Godunko p. 81
2014Metretopus Staniczek and Godunko

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—PanephemeropteraCrampton 1928
—Ephemerida(Latreille 1810)
—Heptabranchia
orderEphemeropteraHyatt and Arms 1890
—EuplectopteraTillyard 1932
—AnteritornaKluge 1993
—TridentisetaKluge et al. 1995
familyMetretopodidae(Traver 1954)
genusMetretopusEaton 1901

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. Metretopus Eaton 1901
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†Metretopus dividus Staniczek and Godunko 2014
†Metretopus trinervis Demoulin 1968
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) M. dividus (120814) M. trinervis (123420)