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Boreidae

Insecta - Mecoptera - Boreidae

Taxonomy
Boreidae was named by Latreille (1816). It is extant.

It was assigned to Mecoptera by Sukacheva and Rasnitsyn (1992).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Boreidae Latreille
1992Boreidae Sukacheva and Rasnitsyn p. 169

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
familyBoreidaeLatreille 1816
familyBoreidaeLatreille 1816

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. Boreidae Latreille 1816
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Subfm. Boreinae Latreille 1816
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G. †Palaeoboreus Sukacheva and Rasnitsyn 1992
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Palaeoboreus baissicus Sukacheva and Rasnitsyn 1992
Palaeoboreus zherichini Sukacheva and Rasnitsyn 1992
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 Tithonian to the top of the Aptian or 152.10000 to 113.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.0 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Mongolia (Dund-Gov’ Aymag) Palaeoboreus zherichini (122321)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Palaeoboreus baissicus (122551)