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Namuroptera

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8478428https://www.gbif.org/species/8478428
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)332952https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=332952
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Megasecoptera : Aykhalidae : Namuroptera
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
suborderEumegasecoptera
familyAykhalidaeSinitshenkova 1993
genusNamuropteraPecharová et al. 2015
Scientific NameNamuroptera Pecharová et al., 2015
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Namuropteragenusbelongs to Aykhalidaestated with evidencePecharová et al., 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance315 - 311 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance315 - 311 Ma
Carboniferous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. Pecharová, J. Prokop, and D. Ren. 2015. Early Pennsylvanian aykhalids from Xiaheyan, northern China and their palaeogeographical significance (Insecta: Megasecoptera). Comptes Rendus Palevol 14:613-624

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Namuroptera minuta
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1315 Ma
Carboniferous
315 Ma
Carboniferous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2015Namuroptera Pecharová et al. p. 620

References

Pecharová M., Prokop J., et al (2015) Early Pennsylvanian aykhalids from Xiaheyan, northern China and their palaeogeographical significance (Insecta: Megasecoptera), Comptes Rendus Palevol 14, 613-624
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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