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Ametropodidae

Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Ametropodidae

Taxonomy
Ametropidae was named by Bengtsson (1913). It is extant. Its type is Ametropus.

It was corrected as Ametropodidae by McCafferty and Edmunds (1979), Carpenter (1992), Sinitshenkova (2000) and Kluge (2004).

It was assigned to Baetoidea by McCafferty and Edmunds (1979); to Ephemeroptera by Carpenter (1992) and Sinitshenkova (2000); and to Tridentiseta by Kluge (2004).

Subtaxa
Ametropus (type genus), Brevitibia, Palaeometropus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Ametropodidae McCafferty and Edmunds
1992Ametropodidae Carpenter p. 23
2000Ametropodidae Sinitshenkova
2004Ametropodidae Kluge

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—PanephemeropteraCrampton 1928
—Ephemerida(Latreille 1810)
—Heptabranchia
orderEphemeropteraHyatt and Arms 1890
—EuplectopteraTillyard 1932
—AnteritornaKluge 1993
—TridentisetaKluge et al. 1995
familyAmetropodidae()
familyAmetropodidae()

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. Ametropodidae Bengtsson 1913
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G. Ametropus Albarda 1878
G. †Brevitibia Demoulin 1968
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†Brevitibia intricans Demoulin 1968
G. †Palaeometropus Sinitshenkova 2000 [Mayfly]
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†Palaeometropus cassus Sinitshenkova 2000 [Mayfly]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turonian to the top of the Priabonian or 93.90000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.8 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Palaeometropus cassus (110895)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Brevitibia intricans (123420)