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Poroblattinidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4797881	https://www.gbif.org/species/4797881
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	197198	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=197198

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Poroblattinidae

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
-	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
superorder	Dictyoptera	Latreille 1829
order	Blattodea	(Latreille 1810)
family	Poroblattinidae	Handlirsch 1906

Scientific Name

Poroblattinidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Poroblattinidae	family	belongs to Blattoidea	stated with evidence	Handlirsch, 1906
Poroblattinidae	family	belongs to Mylacroidea	stated with evidence	Durden, 1969
Poroblattinidae	family	belongs to Blattodea	stated with evidence	Riek, 1974

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

311 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

183 - 174 Ma
Jurassic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

A. Handlirsch. 1906. Revision of American Paleozoic insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1441):661-820

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Acmaeoblatta ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	307 Ma Carboniferous	307 Ma Carboniferous
Amekeoblatta ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Drepanoblattina ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Exochoblatta ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ishanablattina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Kebaona ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Ophismoblatta ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	183 Ma Early Jurassic	183 Ma Early Jurassic
Poroblattina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	49	311 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1906	Poroblattinidae Handlirsch p. 283
1919	Poroblattinidae Pruvost p. 240
1969	Acmaeoblattidae Durden p. 1173
1969	Poroblattinidae Durden p. 1173
1974	Poroblattinidae Riek p. 20
1976	Poroblattinidae Riek p. 801
1983	Poroblattinidae Schneider p. 131

References

Handlirsch A. (1906) Revision of American Paleozoic insects, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29 1441, 661-820

Handlirsch A. (1906) Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV, Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen, 1-640

Pruvost P. (1919) Introduction À l'etude du terrain houiller du nord et du Pas-de-Calais: la faune continentale du terrain houiller du nord de la France, 1-584

Durden C. J. (1969) Pennsylvanian correlation using blattoid insects, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 6, 1159-1177

Riek E. F. (1974) Upper Triassic Insects from the Molteno "Formation", South Africa, Palaeontologia Africana 17, 19-31

Riek E. F. (1976) A new collection of insects from the Upper Triassic of South Africa, Annals of the Natal Museum 22 3, 791-820

Schneider J. (1983) Die Blattodea (Insecta) des Paläozoikums. Teil 1: Systematik, Ökologie und Biostratigraphyie, Freiberger Forschungshefte C 382, 106-145

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - 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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