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Palaeoptilus
Taxonomy
Palaeoptilus was named by Brongniart (1894). Its type is Palaeoptilus brullei.
It was assigned to Spilapteridae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919), Kukalová (1969), Carpenter (1992) and Li et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Spilapteridae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919), Kukalová (1969), Carpenter (1992) and Li et al. (2013).
Species
P. brullei (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1894 | Palaeoptilus Brongniart p. 352 |
| 1906 | Palaeoptilus Handlirsch pp. 101-102 |
| 1919 | Palaeoptilus Handlirsch p. 530 |
| 1969 | Palaeoptilus Kukalová p. 191 |
| 1992 | Palaeoptilus Carpenter p. 39 |
| 2013 | Palaeoptilus Li et al. p. 488 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||