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Alienopteridae
Taxonomy
Alienopteridae was named by Bai et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Umenocoleoidea by Vršanský et al. (2018), Szabó et al. (2022); and to Alienoptera by Bai et al. (2016), Luo et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Umenocoleoidea by Vršanský et al. (2018), Szabó et al. (2022); and to Alienoptera by Bai et al. (2016), Luo et al. (2022).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Alienopteridae Bai et al. p. 318 |
| 2016 | Aethiocarenidae Poinar and Brown p. 101 |
| 2018 | Alienopteridae Vršanský et al. p. 989 |
| 2022 | Alienopteridae Luo et al. |
| 2022 | Alienopteridae Szabó et al. p. 1704 |
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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. †Alienopteridae Bai et al. 2016
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G. †Alienopterus Bai et al. 2016
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†Alienopterus brachyelytrus Bai et al. 2016
†Alienopterus imposter Vršanský et al. 2025
G. †Caputoraptor Bai et al. 2018
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†Caputoraptor elegans Bai et al. 2018
†Caputoraptor ganggu Vršanský et al. 2025
†Caputoraptor vidit Šmídová et al. 2018
G. †Teyia Vršanský et al. 2018
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†Teyia branislav Vršanský and Wang 2018
†Teyia huangi Vršanský et al. 2018
Invalid names: Aethiocarenidae Poinar and Brown 2016 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Bridgerian or 119.57000 to 45.90000 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Apiblatta muratai (122926) Vcelesvab cratocretokrat (122557) | |
| Albian | South Korea | Alienopterus imposter, Recyklovany kolotoc, Caputoraptor ganggu (184781) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Alienopterella sp. (123116) Alienopteridae indet. (123053 184414 207758) Alienopteridae indet., Caputoraptor elegans, Teyia huangi, Teyia branislav, Meilia jinghanae, Caputoraptor vidit, Formicamendax vrsanskyi (161726) Alienopteridae indet., Teyia branislav (167760) Alienopterus brachyelytrus, Caputoraptor elegans (178121) Caputoraptor elegans (185162 191654 191655) Caputoraptor elegans, Alienopterella stigmatica (195541) Eminespina burma (188400) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar (Kachin) | Aethiocarenus burmanicus (104053) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Colorado) | Grant viridifluvius, Chimaeroblattina brevipes (181560) |