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Titanophasma ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4683165https://www.gbif.org/species/4683165
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)195711https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=195711
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Protorthoptera : Titanophasma
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Titanophasma
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida
orderPalaeodictyopteraGoldenberg 1877
genusTitanophasmaBrongniart 1882
Scientific NameTitanophasma Brongniart, 1882
Name Published InC. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 95,
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Titanophasmagenusbelongs to Palaeodictyopterastated with evidenceHandlirsch, 1906
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance304 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance304 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. Brongniart. 1882. Sur un novel insecte fossile de l'ordre des Orthoptères, provenant des terrains houillers de Commentry (Allier). Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 95:1228-1230

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Titanophasma fayoli ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1304 Ma
Carboniferous		304 Ma
Carboniferous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1882Titanophasma Brongniart p. 1229
1906Titanophasma Handlirsch p. 124
1919Titanophasma Handlirsch p. 535
1922Titanophasma Handlirsch p. 56

References

Brongniart C. Sur un novel insecte fossile de l'ordre des Orthoptères, provenant des terrains houillers de Commentry (Allier), Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 95, 1228-1230
Handlirsch A. (1906) Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV, Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen, 1-640
Handlirsch A. (1919) Revision der Paläozoischen Insekten, Denkschriften der Akademie Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 96, 511-592
Handlirsch A. (1922) Insecta Palaeozoica, Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia 16, 1-230
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
C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 95, - 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!
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