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Melittommatinae
Taxonomy
Melittommatinae was named by Wheeler (1986). It is extant. Its type is Melittomma.
It was assigned to Lymexylidae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Lymexylidae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011) and Cai et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Melittomma (type genus), Ponomarenkylon
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Melittommatinae Wheeler |
| 1995 | Melittommatinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
| 2011 | Melittommatinae Bouchard et al. |
| 2022 | Melittommatinae 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.
Subfm. Melittommatinae Wheeler 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Ponomarenkylon alexandri (122591) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Lymexylon lacustrinum (106381) |