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Ephemeroidea

Insecta - Ephemeroptera

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Ephemeroidea Latreille
1979Ephemeroidea McCafferty and Edmunds
1985Ephemeroidea Whalley and Jarzembowski p. 384
1990Cratonympha Martins-Neto and Caldas p. 266
1990Olindinella Martins-Neto and Caldas p. 268
1990Caririnympha Martins-Neto and Caldas p. 269
1990Ephemeroidea McCafferty p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—PanephemeropteraCrampton 1928
—Ephemerida(Latreille 1810)
—Heptabranchia
orderEphemeropteraHyatt and Arms 1890
suborderSchistonota
superfamilyEphemeroidea
superfamilyEphemeroidea

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.

Superfm. Ephemeroidea Latreille 1810
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Fm. †Australiphemeridae McCafferty 1991
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G. †Australiphemera McCafferty 1990
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†Australiphemera revelata McCafferty 1990
G. †Borephemera Sinitshenkova 2000 [Mayfly]
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†Borephemera goldmani Sinitshenkova 2000 [Mayfly]
G. †Crepotamanthus Zheng and Chen 2023
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†Crepotamanthus spinitarsus Zheng and Chen 2023
G. †Microphemera McCafferty 1990
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†Microphemera neotropica McCafferty 1990
G. †Nanophemera McCafferty and Santiago-Blay 2008
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†Nanophemera myanmarensis McCafferty and Santiago-Blay 2008
G. †Palaeoanthus Kluge 1993
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†Palaeoanthus minutus Kluge 1993
Invalid names: Palaeoanthidae Kluge 1993 [synonym]
Fm. †Torephemeridae Sinitshenkova 1989
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G. †Archaeobehningia Tshernova 1977
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†Archaeobehningia edmundsi Tshernova 1977
†Archaeobehningia mogutshevae Sinitshenkova 2000
G. †Torephemera Sinitshenkova 1989
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†Torephemera longipes Sinitshenkova 1989
Invalid names: Caririnympha Martins-Neto and Caldas 1990 [nomen dubium], Cratonympha Martins-Neto and Caldas 1990 [nomen dubium], Olindinella Martins-Neto and Caldas 1990 [nomen dubium]
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Middle Triassic to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 247.20000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Russian Federation (Tyumenskaya) Archaeobehningia mogutshevae (125967)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Russian Federation (Buryat) Archaeobehningia edmundsi (104950)
Valanginian - Barremian139.8 - 125.0Mongolia (Dornogov) Torephemera longipes (113407)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Australiphemera revelata, E. sp. 1, E. sp. 2, Microphemera neotropica (122352) Caririnympha mandibulata (149767) Cratonympha microcelata (105330) Ephemeroidea indet. (122557 122919 122924) Olindinella gracilis (152600)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Crepotamanthus spinitarsus (194479) Nanophemera myanmarensis (124697)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Borephemera goldmani (110895)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Russian Federation Palaeoanthus orthostylus (122590) Palaeoanthus orthostylus, Palaeoanthus minutus (35056)