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Sphaeropsocidae
Taxonomy
Sphaeropsocini was named by Kolbe (1883). It is extant. Its type is Sphaeropsocus.
It was reranked as the family Sphaeropsocidae by Lienhard and Smithers (2002), Engel and Perkovsky (2006), Grimaldi and Engel (2006) and Mockford et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Psocodea by Grimaldi and Engel (2006); and to Nanopsocetae by Lienhard and Smithers (2002), Engel and Perkovsky (2006) and Mockford et al. (2013).
It was reranked as the family Sphaeropsocidae by Lienhard and Smithers (2002), Engel and Perkovsky (2006), Grimaldi and Engel (2006) and Mockford et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Psocodea by Grimaldi and Engel (2006); and to Nanopsocetae by Lienhard and Smithers (2002), Engel and Perkovsky (2006) and Mockford et al. (2013).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Sphaeropsocidae Lienhard and Smithers |
| 2006 | Sphaeropsocidae Engel and Perkovsky p. 178 |
| 2006 | Sphaeropsocidae Grimaldi and Engel p. 3 |
| 2013 | Sphaeropsocidae Mockford et al. p. 17 |
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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. Sphaeropsocidae Kolbe 1883
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G. †Sphaeropsocites Grimaldi and Engel 2006
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†Sphaeropsocites lebanensis Grimaldi and Engel 2006
G. †Sphaeropsocoides Grimaldi and Engel 2006
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†Sphaeropsocoides canadensis Grimaldi and Engel 2006
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Priabonian or 130.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Barremian | Lebanon | Asphaeropsocites neli (122471) Sphaeropsocites lebanensis (122359) | |
| Middle Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Sphaeropsocoides canadensis (122383) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Atropos succinica, Sphaeropsocus kuenowii (123962) Palaeotroctes succinicus (123221) Sphaeropsocus kuenowii (124370) Sphaeropsocus kunowi (124073) | |
| Priabonian | Ukraine | Sphaeropsocus kuenowii (113621 122996 122997) |