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Mesephemera prisca

Insecta - Mesephemeridae

Taxonomy

Sciara prisca was named by Germar (1839). It is an impression. Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Ephemera prisca by Hagen (1862); it was recombined as Mesephemera prisca by Handlirsch (1906), Demoulin (1955), Ponomarenko (1985) and Willmann (2007).

Synonyms

Ephemera speciosa was named by Oppenheim (1888). It is an impression. Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Mesephemera speciosa by Handlirsch (1906); it was synonymized subjectively with Mesephemera procera by Carpenter (1932); it was synonymized subjectively with Mesephemera prisca by Demoulin (1955).
Anomalon palaeon was named by Weyenbergh (1874). Its type specimen is TM 6534, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Solnhofen (Teyler Museum Collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Mesephemera palaeon by Handlirsch (1906); it was synonymized subjectively with Mesephemera prisca by Demoulin (1955).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1839	Sciara prisca Germar p. 211 figs. Pl 23, Pl 11
1862	Ephemera prisca Hagen p. 117
1874	Anomalon palaeon Weyenbergh pp. 86, 91 figs. Pl 3, fig 7
1888	Ephemera speciosa Oppenheim p. 225 figs. Pl 30, fig 13
1906	Mesephemera palaeon Handlirsch p. 601
1906	Mesephemera prisca Handlirsch p. 601
1906	Mesephemera speciosa Handlirsch p. 601
1955	Mesephemera prisca Demoulin p. 7 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; text-fig 1
1985	Mesephemera prisca Ponomarenko p. 136
2007	Mesephemera prisca Willmann p. 122 fig. 15

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Pterygota	()
infraclass	Hydropalaeoptera	Rohdendorf 1969
—	Euhydropalaeoptera
—	Panephemeroptera	Crampton 1928
—	Ephemerida	(Latreille 1810)
suborder	Permoplectoptera
superfamily	Mesephemeroidea	Lameere 1917
family	Mesephemeridae	Lameere 1917
genus	Mesephemera
species	prisca	()

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.

†Mesephemera prisca Germar 1839

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Invalid names: Mesephemera palaeon Weyenbergh 1874 [synonym], Mesephemera speciosa Oppenheim 1888 [synonym]

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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian	150.8 - 145.0	Germany (Bayern)	Anomalon palaeon (123906) Ephemera speciosa, Sciara prisca (type locality: 123985) Mesephemera prisca (123144)