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Hypermegethes
Taxonomy
Hypermegethes was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type is Hypermegethes schucherti. It is the type genus of Hypermegethidae.
It was assigned to Hypermegethidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919), Bolton (1921) and Handlirsch (1922); and to Palaeoptera by Carpenter (1992).
It was assigned to Hypermegethidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919), Bolton (1921) and Handlirsch (1922); and to Palaeoptera by Carpenter (1992).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1906 | Hypermegethes Handlirsch p. 81 |
| 1919 | Hypermegethes Handlirsch p. 523 |
| 1921 | Hypermegethes Bolton |
| 1922 | Hypermegethes Handlirsch p. 35 |
| 1992 | Hypermegethes Carpenter p. 90 |
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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.
G. †Hypermegethes Handlirsch 1906
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†Hypermegethes northumbriae Bolton 1916
†Hypermegethes pilchi Carpenter 1992
†Hypermegethes schucherti Handlirsch 1906
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: base of the Westphalian B to the top of the Kasimovian or 316.90000 to 303.70000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian B | United Kingdom (England) | H. northumbriae (127286) | |
| Westphalian D | USA (Illinois) | H. schucherti (146857) | |
| Kasimovian | USA (Kansas) | H. pilchi (122495) |