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Ameletidae

Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Ameletidae

Taxonomy
Ameletidae was named by McCafferty (1991). It is extant.

It was assigned to Tridentiseta by Kluge (2004); and to Ephemeroptera by McCafferty (1991) and Godunko et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Ameletidae McCafferty
2004Ameletidae Kluge
2008Ameletidae Godunko et al. p. 106

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
Euhydropalaeoptera
PanephemeropteraCrampton 1928
Ephemerida(Latreille 1810)
Heptabranchia
orderEphemeropteraHyatt and Arms 1890
EuplectopteraTillyard 1932
AnteritornaKluge 1993
TridentisetaKluge et al. 1995
familyAmeletidae
familyAmeletidae

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.

Fm. Ameletidae McCafferty 1991
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G. Ameletus Eaton 1885
G. †Baltameletus Demoulin 1968
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Baltameletus oligocaenicus Demoulin 1968
G. †Electroletus Godunko and Neumann 2006
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Electroletus soldani Godunko and Neumann 2006
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Baltameletus oligocaenicus, Electroletus soldani (124088)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Ameletus sp. (123215)