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Ephemerites rueckerti

Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae

Taxonomy
Ephemerites rueckerti was named by Geinitz (1865). It is an impression. Its type locality is Max coal Pit, Stockheim, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian terrestrial horizon in Germany. It is the type species of Ephemerites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Ephemerites rueckerti Geinitz p. 385 figs. Pl 2, fig 1
1906Ephemerites rueckerti Handlirsch p. 386 figs. Pl XXXVII fig 21, 23; Pl XXVII fig 15
1922Ephemerites rueckerti Handlirsch p. 64
1989Ephemerites rueckerti Brauckmann and Zessin p. 183

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
RankNameAuthor
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
orderMeganisoptera
familyMeganeuridae
subfamilyTupinae()
genusEphemerites
speciesrueckerti

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.

†Ephemerites rueckerti Geinitz 1865
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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: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Germany (Oberfranken) Ephemerites rueckerti (type locality: 122599)