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Hexameropsis africana

Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Hexagenitidae

Taxonomy
Hexameropsis africana was named by Sinitshenkova (1975). Its type specimen is PIN 3394/3, a nymph, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Brezina, Saida department (PIN collection 3394), which is in a Hauterivian marine siliciclastic in Algeria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Hexameropsis africana Sinitshenkova p. 86 figs. Pl 10, fig 6; text-fig 1f
2021Hexameropsis africana Vršanský et al. p. 23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—PanephemeropteraCrampton 1928
—Ephemerida(Latreille 1810)
—Heptabranchia
orderEphemeropteraHyatt and Arms 1890
familyHexagenitidaeLameere 1917
genusHexameropsis
speciesafricana

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.

†Hexameropsis africana Sinitshenkova 1975
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Diagnosis
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