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Epignopholeon sophiae

Insecta - Neuroptera - Myrmeleontidae

Taxonomy
Epignopholeon sophiae was named by Makarkin (2017). Its type specimen is UCM 88421, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is UCM locality 2009063 (Claudia's Place), which is in an Uintan lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Epignopholeon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Epignopholeon sophiae Makarkin p. 542 figs. 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
RankNameAuthor
—Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
—Metaxyneuroptera
—Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
—Euneuroptera
—Neoneuroptera
—Geoneuroptera
suborderMyrmeleontiformiaHenry 1982
superfamilyMyrmeleontoidea
familyMyrmeleontidae()
subfamilyMyrmeleontinae
tribeBrachynemurini
genusEpignopholeon
speciessophiae

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.

†Epignopholeon sophiae Makarkin 2017
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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: Uintan or 46.20000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Colorado) Epignopholeon sophiae (type locality: 184083)