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Macromiidae
Taxonomy
Macromiinae was named by Tillyard (1917). It is extant. Its type is Macromia.
It was reranked as the family Macromiidae by Nel and Paicheler (1994) and Brockhaus et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Libellulidae by Lewis (1969); to Corduliidae by Steinmann (1997); and to Libelluloidea by Nel and Paicheler (1994) and Brockhaus et al. (2020).
It was reranked as the family Macromiidae by Nel and Paicheler (1994) and Brockhaus et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Libellulidae by Lewis (1969); to Corduliidae by Steinmann (1997); and to Libelluloidea by Nel and Paicheler (1994) and Brockhaus et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Epophthalmia, Macromia (syn. Laragithemis) (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1917 | Macromiinae Tillyard |
| 1969 | Macromiinae Lewis p. 100 |
| 1994 | Macromiidae Nel and Paicheler p. 328 |
| 1997 | Macromiinae Steinmann p. 292 |
| 2020 | Macromiidae Brockhaus et al. p. 292 |
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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.
Fm. Macromiidae Tillyard 1917
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G. Epophthalmia Burmeister 1839
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†Epophthalmia biordinata Lewis 1969
†Epophthalmia zotheca Zhang 1989
G. Macromia Rambur 1842 [river cruiser]
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Macromia amphigena Selys 1871
†Macromia pilifera Lin 1982
Invalid names: Laragithemis Lin 1982 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 28 to the top of the Chibanian or 28.40000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| MP 28 | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Macromiidae indet. (211301) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Epophthalmia zotheca (128552) Laragithemis pilifera (130412) Macromia sp. (128551 128555) | |
| Langhian | USA (Washington) | Epophthalmia biordinata (97618) | |
| Chibanian | Japan | Macromia amphigena (162750) |