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Protomyrmeleontidae
Taxonomy
Protomyrmeleonidae was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type is Protomyrmeleon.
It was reranked as the subfamily Protomyrmeleontinae by Bechly (1997); it was corrected as Protomyrmeleontidae by Tillyard (1925), Martynov (1927), Bode (1953), Zessin (1991), Carpenter (1992), Henrotay et al. (1997), Nel et al. (2005), Nel et al. (2012) and Deregnaucourt et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Archizygoptera by Handlirsch (1906), Tillyard (1925), Martynov (1927), Bode (1953), Zessin (1991), Carpenter (1992), Bechly (1997), Henrotay et al. (1997) and Nel et al. (2005); to Protomyrmeleontoidea by Nel et al. (2012); and to Moltenoptera by Deregnaucourt et al. (2019).
It was reranked as the subfamily Protomyrmeleontinae by Bechly (1997); it was corrected as Protomyrmeleontidae by Tillyard (1925), Martynov (1927), Bode (1953), Zessin (1991), Carpenter (1992), Henrotay et al. (1997), Nel et al. (2005), Nel et al. (2012) and Deregnaucourt et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Archizygoptera by Handlirsch (1906), Tillyard (1925), Martynov (1927), Bode (1953), Zessin (1991), Carpenter (1992), Bechly (1997), Henrotay et al. (1997) and Nel et al. (2005); to Protomyrmeleontoidea by Nel et al. (2012); and to Moltenoptera by Deregnaucourt et al. (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1906 | Protomyrmeleonidae Handlirsch p. 471 |
| 1925 | Protomyrmeleontidae Tillyard p. 36 |
| 1927 | Protomyrmeleontidae Martynov p. 759 |
| 1953 | Protomyrmeleontidae Bode |
| 1991 | Protomyrmeleontidae Zessin p. 99 |
| 1992 | Protomyrmeleontidae Carpenter p. 68 |
| 1997 | Protomyrmeleontinae Bechly |
| 1997 | Protomyrmeleontidae Henrotay et al. p. 396 |
| 2005 | Protomyrmeleontidae Nel et al. p. 188 |
| 2012 | Protomyrmeleontidae Nel et al. p. 101 |
| 2019 | Protomyrmeleontidae Deregnaucourt et al. p. 308 |
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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. †Protomyrmeleontidae Handlirsch 1906
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G. †Malmagrion Handlirsch 1906
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†Malmagrion eichstattense Hagen 1862
†Malmagrion eichstattensis Hagen 1862
Subfm. †Protomyrmeleontinae Handlirsch 1906
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G. †Malmomyrmeleon Martínez-Delclòs and Nel 1996
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†Malmomyrmeleon viohli Martínez-Delclòs and Nel 1996
G. †Obotritagrion Zessin 1991
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†Obotritagrion petersi Zessin 1991
†Obotritagrion tenuiformum Zessin 1991
G. †Protomyrmeleon Geinitz 1888
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†Protomyrmeleon anglicanus Tillyard 1925
†Protomyrmeleon angustovenosus Martynov 1927
†Protomyrmeleon brunonis Geinitz 1888
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Invalid names: Protomyrmeleon bascharagensis Nel and Henrotay 1992 [synonym]
†Protomyrmeleon cretacicus Nel and Jarzembowski 1998
†Protomyrmeleon grandis Nel et al. 2005
†Protomyrmeleon grasselensis Bode 1953
†Protomyrmeleon handlirschi Martynov 1927
†Protomyrmeleon jurassicus Nel 1991
†Protomyrmeleon karatauensis Nel et al. 2005
†Protomyrmeleon kazakhstanensis Nel et al. 2005
†Protomyrmeleon pascholdi Zessin 1991
†Protomyrmeleon pumilio Nel et al. 2005
†Protomyrmeleon quadriordinum Zessin 1991
Invalid names: Tillyardagrion Martynov 1927 [synonym], Zirzipanagrion Zessin 1991 [synonym]
Subfm. †Triassagrioninae Tillyard 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Late/Upper Hauterivian or 247.20000 to 130.00000 Ma
Collections (29 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Anisian | Australia (New South Wales) | Tillyardomyrmeleon petermilleri (114773) | |
| Ladinian | Kyrgyzstan (Osh) | Ferganagrion kirghiziensis (106090) | |
| Norian | Australia (Queensland) | Triassagrion australiense (111558) | |
| Sevatian | Italy (Lombardia) | Italomyrmeleon bergomensis (94207) | |
| Rhaetian | United Kingdom (England) | Protomyrmeleon anglicanus (115222) | |
| Sinemurian | United Kingdom (England) | Protomyrmeleon brunonis (192973) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | Zirzipanagrion quadriordinum, Protomyrmeleon brunonis, Obotritagrion tenuiformum (114993) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany | Libellula sp. (123987) Protomyrmeleon brunonis (114991) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Protomyrmeleon grasselensis (107321) | |
| Falciferum | Luxembourg | Zirzipanagrion sp., Protomyrmeleon bascharagensis (105427) | |
| Toarcian | Germany | Protomyrmeleon sp. 1, Protomyrmeleon sp. 2, Protomyrmeleon brunonis, Protomyrmeleon pascholdi, Obotritagrion petersi, Obotritagrion tenuiformum (104056) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | Kazakhstan (Chimkent) | Protomyrmeleon grandis (105971) Protomyrmeleon handlirschi, Protomyrmeleon angustovenosus (114692) Protomyrmeleon karatauensis, Protomyrmeleon kazakhstanensis (106101) Protomyrmeleon kazakhstanensis, Protomyrmeleon pumilio (105426) Protomyrmeleon sp., Protomyrmeleon grandis, Protomyrmeleon kazakhstanensis (113439) | |
| Tithonian | Mongolia | Protomyrmeleon sp. (121394) Protomyrmeleon sp., Mongolagrion shartegensis (104748) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bayern) | Agrion eichstaettense (153006) Agrion eichstattense (123906) Malmomyrmeleon viohli (105797 139550) Protomyrmeleon jurassicus (123144) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bavaria) | Malmagrion eichstattensis (122586 139876) | |
| Early/Lower Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Protomyrmeleontidae indet. (104007) | |
| Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Saxomyrmeleon keatingei (119296) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian | United Kingdom (England) | Protomyrmeleon cretacicus (106417) |