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Palaeolepidopterix

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Eolepidopterigidae

Taxonomy
Palaeolepidopterix was named by Kozlov (1989). Its type is Palaeolepidopterix aurea.

It was assigned to Eolepidopterigidae by Kozlov (1989) and Sohn et al. (2012).

Species
P. aurea (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Palaeolepidopterix Kozlov p. 34
2012Palaeolepidopterix Sohn et al. p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Metamphiesmenoptera
—Euamphiesmenoptera
—Panendymenoptera
—Endymenoptera
—Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
suborderEolepidopterigina
superfamilyEolepidopterigoidea
familyEolepidopterigidae
genusPalaeolepidopterix

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. †Palaeolepidopterix Kozlov 1989
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†Palaeolepidopterix aurea Kozlov 1989
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 Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 166.10000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) P. aurea (106101)