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Petropterix
Taxonomy
Petropterix was named by Vršanský (2003).
It was assigned to Ponopterixidae by Nel et al. (2014); to Dictyoptera by Kirejtshuk et al. (2014); and to Umenocoleidae by Vršanský (2003), Vršanský (2003), Oyama et al. (2022) and Luo et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Ponopterixidae by Nel et al. (2014); to Dictyoptera by Kirejtshuk et al. (2014); and to Umenocoleidae by Vršanský (2003), Vršanský (2003), Oyama et al. (2022) and Luo et al. (2022).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2003 | Petropterix Vršanský pp. 19-20 |
| 2014 | Petropterix Kirejtshuk et al. p. 590 |
| 2014 | Petropterix Nel et al. p. 546 |
| 2022 | Petropterix Luo et al. |
| 2022 | Petropterix Oyama et al. p. 42 |
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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. †Petropterix Vršanský 2003
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†Petropterix alexeevi Vršanský 2003
†Petropterix fukuiensis Oyama et al. 2022
†Petropterix kukalovae Vršanský 2003
†Petropterix mirabilis Vršanský 2003
†Petropterix sibirix Vršanský 2003
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. Vršanský 2003 | Head not wider than pronotum (both with numerous short chaetae). Forewing well sclerotised (sometimes except apex), dark coloured with pale maculas, and pubescent throughout, with most veins distinct, Sc long and branched, R comparatively richly branched, M simplified up to 3 branches, Cu expanded, A multiple). Hindwing lacking pterostigma, with R1 apparently two–branched, and with cross–veins. |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Middle Albian or 125.00000 to 105.30000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aptian | Mongolia | P. mirabilis (113355 113359 121711 121713 125194 138922) P. mirabilis, P. alexeevi (113356) | |
| Aptian | Japan | P. fukuiensis (233240) | |
| Aptian | Russian Federation (Buryatia) | P. sibirix (105536 118216 122549) | |
| Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian | China (Gansu) | P. kukalovae (138923) |