Spilapteridae

Extinct family of insects

Spilapteridae
Temporal range: Early Carboniferous
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Homaloneura ligeia fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Palaeodictyoptera
Superfamily: Spilapteroidea
Family: Spilapteridae
Genus

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Spilapterida is an extinct family of palaeodictyopterans. It is regarded as one of the most species-rich of its order.[1]

Subdivisions

Subtaxa listed are genera, and all are extinct, unless otherwise noted.

  • Abaptilon
  • Baeoneura
  • Becquerelia
  • Bizarrea
  • Boltoniella
  • Delitzschala
  • Dunbaria
  • Epitethe
  • Epithele
  • Homaloneura
  • Lamproptilia
  • Mcluckiepteron
  • Neuburgia
  • Palaeoneuriinae (subfamily)
  • Palaeoptilus
  • Paradunbaria
  • Permiakovia
  • Sinodunbaria
  • Spilaptera
  • Spiloptilus
  • Tectoptilus
  • Tytthospilaptera
  • Vorkutoneura

References

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  1. ^ Brauckmann, Carsten; Schneider, Joerg (1996). "Ein unter-karbonisches Insekt aus dem Raum Bitterfeld/Delitzsch (Pterygota, Arnsbergium, Deutschland)" [A Lower Carboniferous insect from the Bitterfeld/Delitzsch area (Pterygota, Arnsbergian, Germany)]. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte (in German). 1996 (1): 17–30. doi:10.1127/njgpm/1996/1996/17.
Taxon identifiers
Spilapteridae


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