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Taxonomy
Mimetus was named by Hentz (1832). It is extant. It is the type genus of Mimetidae.
It was assigned to Mimetidae by Dunlop et al. (2013), Wheeler et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Mimetidae by Dunlop et al. (2013), Wheeler et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1832 | Mimetus Hentz |
| 2013 | Mimetus Dunlop et al. |
| 2017 | Mimetus Wheeler et al. |
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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. Mimetus Hentz 1832
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†Mimetus bituberculatus Wunderlich 1988
†Mimetus brevipes Wunderlich 2004
†Mimetus flexuosus Wunderlich 2025
†Mimetus longipes Wunderlich 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 37.71000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | M. brevipes (110735) M. longipes, M. flexuosus (124318) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | M. sp. (150408) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | M. sp., M. bituberculatus (146557) |