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Paralepidoptera

Insecta - Lepidoptera

Taxonomy
Paralepidoptera was named by Engel (2022).

It was assigned to Lepidoptera by Engel (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Paralepidoptera Engel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Metamphiesmenoptera
—Euamphiesmenoptera
—Panendymenoptera
—Endymenoptera
—Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
—Paralepidoptera
—Paralepidoptera

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.

Unr. †Paralepidoptera Engel 2022
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Fm. †Mesokristenseniidae Huang et al. 2010
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G. †Kladolepidopteron Zhang et al. 2013
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†Kladolepidopteron oviformis Zhang et al. 2013
†Kladolepidopteron parva Zhang et al. 2013
†Kladolepidopteron subaequalis Zhang et al. 2013
G. †Mesokristensenia Huang et al. 2010
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†Mesokristensenia angustipenna Huang et al. 2010
†Mesokristensenia latipenna Huang et al. 2010
†Mesokristensenia sinica Huang et al. 2010
†Mesokristensenia trichophora Zhang et al. 2013
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 Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Nei Mongol) Mesokristensenia sinica, Kladolepidopteron oviformis (113365) Mesokristensenia sp., Mesokristensenia latipenna, Mesokristensenia sinica, Mesokristensenia angustipenna (113371) Mesokristensenia trichophora, Kladolepidopteron subaequalis, Kladolepidopteron parva (138748)