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Engisoptera

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4802275https://www.gbif.org/species/4802275
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)195578https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=195578
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Megasecoptera : Engisopteridae : Engisoptera
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
orderMegasecopteraBrongniart 1885
familyEngisopteridaeKukalová-Peck 1975
genusEngisopteraKukalova-Peck 1975
Scientific NameEngisoptera Kukalova-Peck, 1975
Name Published InPsyche, Camb. 82
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Engisopteragenusbelongs to Engisopteridaestated with evidenceKukalová-Peck, 1975
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance296 - 290 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance296 - 290 Ma
Permian
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Kukalová-Peck. 1975. Megasecoptera from the Lower Permian of Moravia. Psyche 82:1-19

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Engisoptera simplices
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1296 Ma
Permian
296 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1975Engisoptera Kukalová-Peck p. 13
1992Engisoptera Carpenter p. 54

References

Kukalová-Peck J. (1975) Megasecoptera from the Lower Permian of Moravia, Psyche 82, 1-19
Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655
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
Psyche, Camb. 82 - 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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