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Palaeoleon ferrogeneticus

Insecta - Neuroptera - Palaeoleontidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoleon ferrogeneticus was named by Rice (1969). Its type specimen is GSC 22188, a forewing (complete ? forewing), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Redmond No. 1, Knob Lake District (Dorf collection), which is in a Cenomanian marginal marine claystone in the Redmond Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Palaeoleon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Palaeoleon ferrogeneticus Rice pp. 3, 5, 7 figs. 2, 3; Pl I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
—Metaxyneuroptera
—Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
—Euneuroptera
—Neoneuroptera
—Geoneuroptera
suborderMyrmeleontiformiaHenry 1982
superfamilyMyrmeleontoidea
—Myrmeleontoidae
familyPalaeoleontidae()
genusPalaeoleon
speciesferrogeneticus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available