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Protomyrmeleon cretacicus

Insecta - Protomyrmeleontidae

Taxonomy
Protomyrmeleon cretacicus was named by Nel and Jarzembowski (1998). Its type specimen is BMB 018741/2, a wing (incomplete wing), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Clockhouse Brickworks (BMB collection), which is in a Hauterivian lagoonal sandstone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Protomyrmeleon cretacicus Nel and Jarzembowski p. 394 fig. 1

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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
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
RankNameAuthor
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
suborderArchizygoptera
superfamilyProtomyrmeleontoideaHandlirsch 1906
—Terskejoptera
—Moltenoptera
familyProtomyrmeleontidae()
subfamilyProtomyrmeleontinae
genusProtomyrmeleon
speciescretacicus

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.

†Protomyrmeleon cretacicus Nel and Jarzembowski 1998
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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: Late/Upper Hauterivian or 132.60000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77United Kingdom (England) Protomyrmeleon cretacicus (type locality: 106417)