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Cerophytidae
Taxonomy
Cerophytidae was named by Latreille (1834). It is extant.
It was assigned to Elateroidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Oberprieler et al. (2016), Yu et al. (2019) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Elateroidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Oberprieler et al. (2016), Yu et al. (2019) and Cai et al. (2022).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1834 | Cerophytidae Latreille |
| 1973 | Praelateriidae Dolin p. 78 |
| 1995 | Cerophytidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
| 2011 | Praelateriidae Bouchard et al. |
| 2011 | Cerophytidae Bouchard et al. p. 299 |
| 2013 | Aphytocerinae Kirejtshuk p. 128 |
| 2016 | Cerophytidae Oberprieler et al. p. 179 |
| 2019 | Cerophytidae Yu et al. p. 55 |
| 2022 | Cerophytidae Cai et al. |
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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. Cerophytidae Latreille 1834
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G. †Amberophytum Yu et al. 2019
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†Amberophytum birmanicum Yu et al. 2019
†Amberophytum maculatum Poinar et al. 2021
G. †Aphytocerus Zherikhin 1977
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†Aphytocerus communis Zherikhin 1977
†Aphytocerus dolganicus Zherikhin 1977
G. †Necromera Martynov 1926
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†Necromera admiranda Chang and Kirejtshuk 2011
†Necromera baeckmanni Martynov 1926
†Necromera brevicornis Dolin 1980
†Necromera inflata Dolin 1980
†Necromera intermedia Dolin 1980
†Necromera latissima Dolin 1980
†Necromera longa Hong and Wang 1990
†Necromera longicornis Dolin 1980
†Necromera muscula Dolin 1980
Invalid names: Idiomerus Dolin 1980 [synonym], Leptocnemus Hong and Wang 1990 [synonym]
Invalid names: Aphytocerinae Kirejtshuk 2013 [invalid subgroup], Praelateriidae Dolin 1973 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 201.30000 to 83.50000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 190.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 190.8 Ma
Collections (24 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hettangian - Sinemurian | Kyrgyzstan (Tonskiy) | Elaterocoleus oculatus (105087) Praelaterium problematicum (105086) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | Kazakhstan (Chimkent) | Idiomerus brevicornis, Idiomerus latissimus (113439) Idiomerus brevicornis, Idiomerus longicornis, Idiomerus musculus, Necromera admiranda (105426) Idiomerus inflatus, Necromera admiranda (105970) Idiomerus intermedius, Idiomerus musculus (106102) Idiomerus longicornis, Idiomerus musculus, Idiomerus brevis (106279) Idiomerus musculus (105971) Necromera admiranda (106101) Necromera baeckmanni (115792) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | China (Nei Mongol) | Necromera spp., Jurassophytum cleidecostae (184690) | |
| Tithonian | Australia (New South Wales) | Wongaroo amplipectorale (128121 166809) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Liaoning) | Necromera admiranda (111714 112845) Necromera spp. (188103) | |
| Aptian | China (Shandong) | Leptocnemus longus (154887) | |
| Aptian | Russian Federation (Buryatia) | Baissophytum convexus, Baissophytum amplus (118216) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar (Kachin) | Amberophytum maculatum (104053) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Amberophytum birmanicum, Brachycerophytum cretaceum, Cerophytum albertalleni (165561) Necromeropsis minutus (161726) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Russian Federation | Aphytocerus dolganicus (35051) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | Russian Federation | Aphytocerus communis (35056 122590) |