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Palaeoleontidae
Taxonomy
Palaeoleontinae was named by Martins-Neto (1992). Its type is Palaeoleon.
It was reranked as the family Palaeoleontidae by Dobruskina et al. (1997), Martins-Neto (2002), Heads et al. (2005), Menon and Makarkin (2008), Makarkin et al. (2013) and Makarkin et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Myrmeleontidae by Martins-Neto (1992), Martins-Neto (1997) and Martins-Neto (1998); to Neuroptera by Menon and Makarkin (2008); to Grammolingiidae by Engel and Grimaldi (2008); to Myrmeleontoidea by Dobruskina et al. (1997), Martins-Neto (2002), Heads et al. (2005) and Makarkin et al. (2013); and to Myrmeleontoidae by Makarkin et al. (2018).
It was reranked as the family Palaeoleontidae by Dobruskina et al. (1997), Martins-Neto (2002), Heads et al. (2005), Menon and Makarkin (2008), Makarkin et al. (2013) and Makarkin et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Myrmeleontidae by Martins-Neto (1992), Martins-Neto (1997) and Martins-Neto (1998); to Neuroptera by Menon and Makarkin (2008); to Grammolingiidae by Engel and Grimaldi (2008); to Myrmeleontoidea by Dobruskina et al. (1997), Martins-Neto (2002), Heads et al. (2005) and Makarkin et al. (2013); and to Myrmeleontoidae by Makarkin et al. (2018).
Subtaxa
Araripeleon, Baisopardus, Metahemerobius, Neurastenyx, Palaeoleon (type genus), Paraneurastenyx, Parapalaeoleon, Samsonileon
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1992 | Palaeoleontinae Martins-Neto p. 810 |
1997 | Palaeoleontidae Dobruskina et al. |
1997 | Palaeoleontinae Martins-Neto p. 75 |
1998 | Palaeoleontinae Martins-Neto p. 39 |
2002 | Palaeoleontidae Martins-Neto p. 38 |
2005 | Palaeoleontidae Heads et al. |
2008 | Palaeoleontinae Engel and Grimaldi |
2008 | Palaeoleontidae Menon and Makarkin |
2013 | Palaeoleontidae Makarkin et al. p. 2 |
2018 | Palaeoleontidae Makarkin et al. p. 602 |
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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. †Palaeoleontidae Martins-Neto 1992
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G. †Baisopardus Ponomarenko 1992
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†Baisopardus araripensis Martins-Neto 1992
†Baisopardus banksianus Ponomarenko 1992
†Baisopardus conani Martins-Neto 2010
†Baisopardus cryptohymen Heads et al. 2005
†Baisopardus escuilliei Myskowiak and Nel 2016
†Baisopardus polyhymnia Martins-Neto 1997
†Baisopardus pumilio Myskowiak and Nel 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available