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Ponopterix axelrodi

Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae

Taxonomy

Ponopterix axelrodi was named by Vršanský and Grimaldi (1999). Its type specimen is AMNH 43800, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crato (AMNH collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Ponopterix.

Year	Name and author
1999	Ponopterix axelrodi Vršanský and Grimaldi p. 172 figs. 5-11
2003	Ponopterix axelrodi Vršanský pp. 16-17, 19 figs. 11, 15-63, 116-124
2004	Ponopterix axelrodi Vršanský p. 51
2007	Ponopterix maxima Bechly p. 246 fig. 11.23b,e
2014	Ponopterix axelrodi Nel et al.
2014	Ponopterix maxima Nel et al.
2016	Ponopterix axelrodi Lee p. 435 fig. 3
2018	Ponopterix maxima Hörnig et al. p. 13 figs. 12B,C, 13B,C
2022	Ponopterix axelrodi Luo et al.

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian	119.57 - 113.2	Brazil (Ceara)	Ponopterix axelrodi (34899)
Late/Upper Aptian	119.57 - 113.2	Brazil (Ceará)	Ponopterix axelrodi (type locality: 122352 138921) Ponopterix maxima (140371) Ponopterix maxima, Ponopterix axelrodi (122557)