Learning Center What is a mineral?The most common minerals on earth Information for Educators Mindat Articles The Elements The Rock H. Currier Digital Library Geologic Time

Minerals by Properties Minerals by Chemistry Advanced Locality Search Random Mineral Random Locality Search by minID Localities Near Me Search Articles Search Glossary More Search Options

The Mindat Manual Add a New Photo Rate Photos Locality Edit Report Coordinate Completion Report Add Glossary Item

Mining Companies Statistics Users Mineral Museums Clubs & Organizations Mineral Shows & Events The Mindat Directory Device Settings The Mineral Quiz

Photo Search Photo Galleries Search by Color New Photos Today New Photos Yesterday Members' Photo Galleries Past Photo of the Day Gallery Photography

BETA TEST - Fossil data and pages are very much experimental and under development. Please report any problems

Delopsocus ✝

Photos

Photo Gallery

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4682921	https://www.gbif.org/species/4682921
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	189427	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=189427

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Miomoptera : Palaeomantidae : Delopsocus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Miomoptera : Palaeomanteidae : Delopsocus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Clareocercaria	Prokop et al. 2017
order	Miomoptera	Martynov 1927
family	Palaeomanteidae
genus	Delopsocus	Tillyard 1928

Scientific Name

Delopsocus Tillyard, 1928

Name Published In

Amer. J. Sci., (5) 16

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Delopsocus	genus	subjective synonym of Pseudomantis	stated with evidence	Martynov, 1930
Delopsocus	genus	subjective synonym of Delopterum	stated with evidence	Carpenter, 1933
Delopsocus	genus	belongs to Palaeomanteidae	stated with evidence	Rasnitsyn, 2004

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

299 - 296 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

272 - 269 Ma
Permian

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. J. Tillyard. 1928. Kansas Permian Insects, Part 12: The Family Delopteridae, with a Discussion of its Ordinal Position. American Journal of Science, Series 5 16(96):469-484

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Delopsocus elongatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Delopsocus fasciatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Delopsocus furcatulus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Delopsocus kamensis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Delopsocus kansanum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Delopsocus latus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Delopsocus lepidus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Delopsocus sinuosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Delopsocus stenopterus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1928	Delopsocus Tillyard p. 474
2004	Delopsocus Rasnitsyn p. 230
2013	Delopsocus Rasnitsyn and Aristov p. 688
2017	Delopsocus Prokop et al. p. 8

References

Tillyard R. J. (1928) Kansas Permian Insects, Part 12: The Family Delopteridae, with a Discussion of its Ordinal Position, American Journal of Science, Series 5 16 96, 469-484 doi:10.2475/ajs.s5-16.96.469

Rasnitsyn A. P. (2004) Leposmatona, Caloneurida, Hypoperlida, Hemiptera, Palaeomanteida, Eoblattida, in Important new insect fossils from Carrizo Arroyo and the Permo-Carboniferous faunal boundary, Carboniferous-Permian transition, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 25, 215-246

Rasnitsyn A. P., Aristov D. S. (2013) New fossil insects (Insecta: Caloneurida, Hypoperlida, Palaeomanteida, Jurinida) from the Middle and Upper Permian of European Russia, Paleontological Journal 47, 678-704

Prokop J., Pecharová M., et al (2017) Redefining the extinct orders Miomoptera and Hypoperlida as stem acercarian insects, BMC Evolutionary Biology 17 205, 1-20

GBIF/Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Invertebrate Paleontology DiGIR Service - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Amer. J. Sci., (5) 16 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

Quick NavTop Fossil Distribution Subtaxa Synonymy List References

Mindat.org is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2024, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: May 2, 2024 22:40:22

Go to top of page