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Palaeopetia
Taxonomy
Palaeopetia was named by Zhang (1987). Its type is Palaeopetia laiyangensis.
It was assigned to Platypezidae by Zhang (1987); to Sinolestinae by Mostovski (1995) and Li and Yeates (2018); and to Ironomyiidae by Mostovski (1995) and Grimaldi (2018).
It was assigned to Platypezidae by Zhang (1987); to Sinolestinae by Mostovski (1995) and Li and Yeates (2018); and to Ironomyiidae by Mostovski (1995) and Grimaldi (2018).
Species
P. armata, P. asaetigera, P. bellula, P. commemorabilis, P. dorsalis, P. gemina, P. laiyangensis (type species), P. lata, P. longisaetigera, P. mina, P. minor, P. terminus, P. tertia, P. volacris
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1987 | Palaeopetia Zhang p. 596 |
| 1988 | Sinolesta Hong and Wang p. 388 |
| 1990 | Sinolesta Hong and Wang p. 147 |
| 1994 | Sinolesta Evenhuis |
| 1995 | Palaeopetia Mostovski p. 131 |
| 1995 | Sinolesta Mostovski p. 131 |
| 1995 | Palaeopetia Mostovski p. 319 |
| 2018 | Palaeopetia Grimaldi p. 62 |
| 2018 | Palaeopetia Li and Yeates p. 255 |
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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. †Palaeopetia Zhang 1987
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†Palaeopetia armata Mostovski 1995
†Palaeopetia asaetigera Mostovski 1995
†Palaeopetia bellula Mostovski 1995
†Palaeopetia commemorabilis Mostovski 1995
†Palaeopetia dorsalis Grimaldi 2018
†Palaeopetia gemina Mostovski 1995
†Palaeopetia laiyangensis Zhang 1987
†Palaeopetia lata Hong and Wang 1988
†Palaeopetia longisaetigera Mostovski 1995
†Palaeopetia mina Mostovski 1995
†Palaeopetia minor Mostovski 1995
†Palaeopetia terminus Grimaldi 2018
†Palaeopetia tertia Mostovski 1995
†Palaeopetia volacris Mostovski 1995
Invalid names: Sinolesta Hong and Wang 1988 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 125.00000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aptian | Mongolia | P. tertia, P. gemina, P. volacris, P. longisaetigera, P. mina, Hermaeomyia asaetigera (103657) | |
| Aptian | Russian Federation (Buryatia) | Hermaeomyia armata (106103 113353) Hermaeomyia armata, Hermaeomyia bellula (119498 122549) Hermaeomyia bellula (125791) | |
| Aptian | China (Shandong) | P. laiyangensis (106313) Sinolesta lata (154887) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | P. dorsalis, P. terminus (111688) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Russian Federation (Tenkinskii) | P. minor, P. commemorabilis (105375) |