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Amerogenia macrops (Mayfly)

Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Heptageniidae

Taxonomy
Amerogenia macrops was named by Sinitshenkova (2000). Its type specimen is AMNH NJ-15, an exoskeleton (forewing), and it is a 3D fossil preserving soft parts. Its type locality is White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Amerogenia macrops Sinitshenkova
2023Amerogenia macrops Yang et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
RankNameAuthor
Euhydropalaeoptera
PanephemeropteraCrampton 1928
Ephemerida(Latreille 1810)
Heptabranchia
orderEphemeropteraHyatt and Arms 1890
EuplectopteraTillyard 1932
AnteritornaKluge 1993
BidentisataKluge 1993
BranchitergaliaKluge 1998
Heptagennota
familyHeptageniidae
genusAmerogenia
speciesmacrops

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.

Amerogenia macrops Sinitshenkova 2000 [Mayfly]
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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: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Amerogenia macrops (type locality: 110895)