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Megaptilidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4803672https://www.gbif.org/species/4803672
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)208422https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=208422
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Megaptilidae
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
familyMegaptilidaeHandlirsch 1906
Scientific NameMegaptilidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Megaptilidaefamilybelongs to Palaeodictyopterastated with evidenceHandlirsch, 1906
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
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)A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Lithoptilus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1304 Ma
Carboniferous		304 Ma
Carboniferous
Megaptilus
genus		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Megaptilus ✝
genus		doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1304 Ma
Carboniferous		304 Ma
Carboniferous

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Anaxionidae GBIFfamilyAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Anaxionidae
Lithoptilidae GBIFfamilyAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Lithoptilidae

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1906Megaptilidae Handlirsch p. 80
1919Megaptilidae Handlirsch p. 523
1919Anaxionidae Handlirsch p. 529
1922Megaptilidae Handlirsch p. 34
1922Lithoptilidae Handlirsch p. 44
1969Megaptilidae Kukalová p. 479
1992Megaptilidae Carpenter p. 30

References

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
Kukalová J. (1969) Revisional study of the Order Palaeodictyoptera in the Upper Carboniferous shales of Commentry, France. Part II, Psyche 76 4, 439-486
Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - 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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