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Palaeopsylla

Insecta - Siphonaptera - Ctenophthalmidae

Taxonomy
Palaeopsylla was named by Wagner (1903). It is extant.

It was assigned to Hystrichopsyllidae by Carpenter (1992); to Ctenophthalmidae by Beaucournu (2003); and to Ctenophthalminae by Pielowska et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Palaeopsylla Wagner p. 137
1992Palaeopsylla Carpenter
2003Palaeopsylla Beaucournu
2018Palaeopsylla Pielowska et al. p. 240

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderSiphonapteraLatreille 1825
familyCtenophthalmidaeRothschild 1915
subfamilyCtenophthalminaeRothschild 1915
genusPalaeopsyllaWagner 1903

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.

G. Palaeopsylla Wagner 1903
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Subg. Palaeopsylla (Peusianapsylla) Beaucournu and Wunderlich 2001
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†Palaeopsylla (Peusianapsylla) baltica Beaucournu and Wunderlich 2001
†Palaeopsylla groehni Beaucournu 2003
†Palaeopsylla klebsiana Dampf 1911
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) P. dissimilis (168811)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) P. baltica (124318) P. groehni (110735) P. klebsiana (123771 124073)