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Glosselytrodea ✝
Description | Glosselytrodea is an extinct order of insects, containing about thirty species. Its fossil record dates from the Permian to the Upper Jurassic, and is distributed across Eurasia, the Americas, and Australia. Its classification is uncertain, but may be closely related to Neuropterida or Orthoptera. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glosselytrodea, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | order | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Glosselytrodea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Glosselytrodea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 279 - 272 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 170 - 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. V. Martynov. 1938. O novom Permskom otryade pryamokrylykh nasekomykh Glosselytrodea. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR 1938:187-206 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glosselytrodea |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Archoglossopteridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
Glosselytridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 279 Ma Permian | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Jurinidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 48 | 279 Ma Permian | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Permoberothidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
Polycytellidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Uskatelytridae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1938 | Glosselytrodea Martynov p. 189 |
1992 | Glosselytrodea Carpenter |
1994 | Jurinida Vilesov and Novokshonov |
2007 | Glosselytrodea Béthoux et al. |
References
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!