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Dictyoneuridae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4803536	https://www.gbif.org/species/4803536
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	191723	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=191723

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Dictyoneuridae

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
superorder	Palaeodictyopterida
order	Palaeodictyoptera	Goldenberg 1877
suborder	Dictyoneurina	Handlirsch 1906
superfamily	Dictyoneuroidea	Handlirsch 1906
family	Dictyoneuridae	Handlirsch 1906

Scientific Name

Dictyoneuridae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Dictyoneuridae	family	belongs to Palaeodictyoptera	stated with evidence	Handlirsch, 1906
Dictyoneuridae	family	subjective synonym of Stenodictyopteridae	stated with evidence	Pruvost, 1919
Dictyoneuridae	family	belongs to Palaeodictyoptera	stated with evidence	Bolton, 1921
Dictyoneuridae	family	subjective synonym of Stenodictyopteridae	stated with evidence	Pruvost, 1930
Dictyoneuridae	family	belongs to Palaeodictyoptera	stated with evidence	Guthörl, 1934
Dictyoneuridae	family	subjective synonym of Stenodictyopteridae	stated with evidence	Laurentiaux, 1953
Dictyoneuridae	family	belongs to Dictyoneuroidea	stated with evidence	Rohdendorf, 1961
Dictyoneuridae	family	belongs to Palaeodictyoptera	stated with evidence	Brauckmann et al., 1985
Dictyoneuridae	family	belongs to Dictyoneuroidea	stated with evidence	Sinitshenkova, 2004

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

318 - 315 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

290 - 279 Ma
Permian

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Arltia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	318 Ma Carboniferous	304 Ma Carboniferous
Cleffia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	315 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous
Dictyoneura ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	318 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous
Dictyoneurula ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	318 Ma Carboniferous	318 Ma Carboniferous
Goldenbergia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	315 Ma Carboniferous	296 Ma Permian
Hongius ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Kallenbergia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	318 Ma Carboniferous	318 Ma Carboniferous
Macrodictya ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	311 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous
Microdictya ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	304 Ma Carboniferous	304 Ma Carboniferous
Polioptenus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	315 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous
Rotundopteris ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	311 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous
Saarodictyum genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Saarodictyum ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	315 Ma Carboniferous	315 Ma Carboniferous
Sagenoptera ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Schmidtopteron ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	318 Ma Carboniferous	318 Ma Carboniferous
Siberiodictya ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Stenodictya ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		20	304 Ma Carboniferous	303 Ma Carboniferous
Stenodictyoneura ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	315 Ma Carboniferous	315 Ma Carboniferous
Stilbocrocis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	315 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Dictyoneurula kliveri (Handlirsch, 1906)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Dictyoneuridae : *Dictyoneurula kliveri*
Eugereon heeri Handlirsch, 1906	GBIF	species	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Dictyoneuridae : *Eugereon heeri*
Stenodictyidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Stenodictyidae
Dictyoneura humboldtiana (Goldenberg, 1854)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Dictyoneuridae : *Dictyoneura humboldtiana*
Stenodictyopteridae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Stenodictyopteridae
Termes humboldtiana (Goldenberg, 1854)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Dictyoneuridae : *Termes humboldtiana*
Dictyoneuridae humboldtiana (Goldenberg, 1854)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Dictyoneuridae : *Dictyoneuridae humboldtiana*
Dictyoneuridae kliveri (Handlirsch, 1906)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Dictyoneuridae : *Dictyoneuridae kliveri*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1854	Dictyoneura humboldtiana Goldenberg p. 35 figs. Pl 6, fig 5
1873	Termes humboldtiana Goldenberg p. 11 figs. Pl 2, fig 8
1885	Dictyoneura humboldtiana Scudder p. 170
1906	Dictyoneuridae Handlirsch p. 63
1906	Dictyoneurula kliveri Handlirsch p. 75 figs. Pl IX fig 27
1906	Dictyoneura humboldtiana Handlirsch p. 77 figs. Pl X fig 3
1906	Eugereon heeri Handlirsch p. 333
1911	Dictyoneuridae Handlirsch
1913	Dictyoneura humboldtiana von Schlechtendal p. 125 figs. Pl 1, fig 10; pl 9, fig 4
1919	Dictyoneuridae Handlirsch p. 513
1919	Dictyoneurula kliveri Handlirsch p. 520
1919	Stenodictyopteridae Pruvost p. 98
1921	Dictyoneuridae Bolton p. 24

Year	Name and Author
1922	Dictyoneuridae Handlirsch p. 23
1922	Dictyoneurula kliveri Handlirsch p. 30
1925	Dictyoneuridae Bolton p. 9
1930	Stenodictyopteridae Pruvost p. 144
1934	Dictyoneuridae Guthörl p. 49
1939	Dictyoneuridae Guthörl p. 315
1952	Stenodictyidae Laurentiaux p. 234
1961	Dictyoneuridae Rohdendorf p. 70
1985	Dictyoneuridae Brauckmann et al. p. 48
1992	Dictyoneuridae Carpenter p. 28
2003	Dictyoneuridae Brauckmann et al. p. 22
2004	Dictyoneuridae Sinitshenkova p. 222

References

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

Goldenberg F. Die fossilen Insecten der Kohlenformation von Saarbrücken, Palaeontographica 4, 17-38

Goldenberg F. , Fauna Saraepontana Fossilis. Die Fossilen Thiere aus der Steinkohlenformation von Saarbrücken, 1tes Heft, 1-26

Scudder S. H. Dictyoneura and the allied insects of the Carboniferous epoch, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 20, 167-173

Handlirsch A. (1911) New Paleozoic insects from the vicinity of Mazon Creek, Illinois, American Journal of Science, Series 4 31, 297-326

von Schlechtendal D. (1913) Untersuchung über die karbonischen Insekten und Spinnen von Wettin unter Berücksichtigung verwandter Faunen. Erster Teil: Revision der Originale von Germar, Giebel und Goldenberg, Nova Acta. Abhandlungen Der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie Der Naturforscher 98, 1-186

Handlirsch A. (1919) Revision der Paläozoischen Insekten, Denkschriften der Akademie Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 96, 511-592

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

Bolton H. (1921) , A Monograph of the Fossil Insects of the British Coal Measures, 1-80

Handlirsch A. (1922) Insecta Palaeozoica, Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia 16, 1-230

Bolton H. (1925) Fossil insects from the coal measures of Commentry, British Museum (Natural History), Fossil Insects 2, 1-56

Pruvost P. (1930) La faune continentale du terrain houiller de la Belgique, Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 44, 105-282

Guthörl P. (1934) Die Arthropoden aus dem Carbon und Perm des Saar-Nahe-Pfalz-Gebietes, Im Vertrieb bei der Preußischen Geologischen Landesanstalt 44 4, 1-279

Guthörl P. (1939) Zur Arthropoden-Fauna des Karbons und Perms. 9. Palaeodictyoptera, Mixotermitoidea, Miomoptera und Blattariae, Senckenbergiana Lethaea 21 5/6, 314-329

Rohdendorf B. B. (1961) Subclass Palaeoptera, in Paleozoiskie nasekomye kuznetskogo basseina, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 85, 69-89

Brauckmann C., Koch L., et al (1985) Spinnentiere (Arachnida) und Insekten aus den Vorhalle-Schichten (Namurium B; Ober-Karbon) von Hagen-Vorhalle (West-Deutschland), Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen 3, 1-132

Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655

Brauckmann C., Schöllmann L., et al (2003) Die fossilen Insekten, Spinnentiere und Eurypteriden von Hagen-Vorhalle, Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen 59, 1-89

Sinitshenkova N. D. (2004) 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

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

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