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Megalodontesidae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megalodontesidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Megalodontesidae Konow
1968Praesiricinae Rasnitsyn p. 216
1983Praesiricidae Rasnitsyn p. 65
1992Praesiricidae Carpenter
2009Megalodontesidae Blank et al. p. 35
2010Megalodontesidae Taeger et al. p. 68
2010Praesiricidae Taeger et al. p. 95
2013Praesiricidae Wang et al. p. 578
2015Praesiricidae Wang et al. p. 571
2016Megalodontesidae Gao et al. p. 3
2016Megalodontesidae Wang et al. p. 249

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
superfamilyPamphilioidea
familyMegalodontesidaeKonow 1897
familyMegalodontesidaeKonow 1897

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. Megalodontesidae Konow 1897
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Subfm. †Archoxyelydinae Wang et al. 2013
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G. †Archoxyelyda Wang et al. 2013
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Archoxyelyda mirabilis Wang et al. 2013
G. †Xyelydontes Rasnitsyn 1983
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Xyelydontes sculpturatus Rasnitsyn 1983
Subfm. †Decorisiricinae Wang et al. 2015
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G. †Brevisiricius Wang et al. 2015
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Brevisiricius partialis Wang et al. 2015
G. †Decorisiricius Wang et al. 2015
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Decorisiricius longus Wang et al. 2015
Decorisiricius patulus Wang et al. 2015
G. †Limbisiricius Wang et al. 2015
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Limbisiricius aequalis Wang et al. 2015
Limbisiricius complanatus Wang et al. 2015
G. †Jibaissodes Ren 1995
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Jibaissodes bellus Gao et al. 2016
Jibaissodes peichenae Wang et al. 2019
Subfm. Megalodontesinae Konow 1897
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Invalid names: Rudisiriciinae Gao et al. 2010 [synonym]
Subfm. †Praesiricinae Rasnitsyn 1968
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G. †Hoplitolyda Gao et al. 2013
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Hoplitolyda duolunica Gao et al. 2013
G. †Praesirex Rasnitsyn 1968
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Praesirex hirtus Rasnitsyn 1968
G. †Turgidontes Rasnitsyn 1990
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Turgidontes magnus Rasnitsyn 1990
Invalid names: Praesiricidae Rasnitsyn 1968 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 166.10000 to 113.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 157.3 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Limbisiricius aequalis, Limbisiricius complanatus, Brevisiricius partialis (138748)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Aulidontes mandibulatus (106279)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Nei Mongol) Hoplitolyda duolunica (117608)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Hebei) Sinosepulca gigathoracalis (107001)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Archoxyelyda mirabilis, Rudisiricius ferox, Rudisiricius ater, Rudisiricius tenellus, Rudisiricius parvus, Rudisiricius membranaceous, Rudisiricius validus, Decorisiricius patulus, Decorisiricius longus (138325) Jibaissodes bellus (124759) Jibaissodes peichenae (198810) Rudisiricius belli (140491) Rudisiricius crassinodus, Rudisiricius celsus (111714)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Praesirex hirtus (105536)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mongolia Xyelydontes sculpturatus (103657)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0China (Beijing Shi) Jibaissodes giganteus (106965)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Russian Federation (Chita) Turgidontes magnus (119499)