Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Litobrancha

Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Ephemeridae

Taxonomy
Litobrancha was named by McCafferty (1971). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ephemeridae by McCafferty and Sinitshenkova (1983); and to Hexageniinae by McCafferty (1991).

Species
L. palearctica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Litobrancha McCafferty
1983Litobrancha McCafferty and Sinitshenkova p. 205
1991Litobrancha McCafferty p. 354

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
familyEphemeridae
subfamilyHexageniinae
genusLitobranchaMcCafferty 1971

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. Litobrancha McCafferty 1971
show all | hide all
†Litobrancha palearctica McCafferty and Sinitshenkova 1983
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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Primorskiy) L. palearctica (123794)