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Palecphora

Insecta - Hemiptera - Cercopidae

Taxonomy

Palecphora was named by Scudder (1890).

It was assigned to Cercopidae by Scudder (1890).

Species

P. communis, P. inornata, P. maculata, P. marvinei, P. patefacta, P. praevalens

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1890	Palecphora Scudder p. 324

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata

Rank	Name	Author
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Clareocercaria
—	Acercaria	()
superorder	Pancondylognatha
—	Condylognatha
order	Hemiptera
suborder	Auchenorrhyncha	()
infraorder	Cicadomorpha	Evans 1946
superfamily	Cercopoidea	Leach 1815
family	Cercopidae	()
genus	Palecphora

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. †Palecphora Scudder 1890

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†Palecphora communis Scudder 1890

†Palecphora inornata Scudder 1890

†Palecphora maculata Scudder 1890

†Palecphora marvinei Scudder 1890

†Palecphora patefacta Scudder 1890

†Palecphora praevalens Scudder 1890

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: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Chadronian or 50.50000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Canada (British Columbia)	P. sp. (121046)
Bridgerian	50.5 - 46.2	USA (Wyoming)	P. patefacta (122092)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Colorado)	P. communis, P. praevalens (122093)
Chadronian	37.0 - 33.9	USA (Colorado)	P. communis (106382) P. communis, P. praevalens (106381) P. maculata, P. marvinei, P. communis, P. praevalens, P. inornata (106384) P. praevalens (106379)