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Mesopalingea lerida

Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Palingeniidae

Taxonomy
Mesopalingea lerida was named by Whalley and Jarzembowski (1985). Its type specimen is BMNH In 59509, a nymph, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is La Pedrera de Rubies (BMNH 1955 collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Mesopalingea.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Mesopalingea lerida Whalley and Jarzembowski p. 384 figs. 4, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
RankNameAuthor
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—PanephemeropteraCrampton 1928
—Ephemerida(Latreille 1810)
—Heptabranchia
orderEphemeropteraHyatt and Arms 1890
—EuplectopteraTillyard 1932
—AnteritornaKluge 1993
—BidentisataKluge 1993
—FurcatergaliaKluge 1998
—Fossoriae
familyPalingeniidae()
genusMesopalingea
specieslerida

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.

†Mesopalingea lerida Whalley and Jarzembowski 1985
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Early/Lower Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Cataluña) Mesopalingea lerida (118322 type locality: 118325)