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Rophalis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)133984https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=133984
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Neuroptera : Nevrorthidae : Rophalis
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
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
-Aparaglossata
superorderNeuropterida
-EidoneuropteraEngel et al. 2018
orderNeuropteraLinnaeus 1758
-EuneuropteraEngel et al. 2018
superfamilyOsmyloideaLeach 1815
familyNevrorthidaeNakahara 1958
genusRophalisPictet 1854
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Rophalissubgenusbelongs to Sisyrastated with evidenceHagen, 1856
Rophalisgenusbelongs to Sisyrinaestated with evidenceKrüger, 1923
Rophalisgenusbelongs to Sisyrinaestated without evidenceCarpenter, 1992
Rophalisgenusbelongs to Nevrorthidaestated with evidenceNel and Jarzembowski, 1997
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. J. Pictet. 1854. Classe insectes. Traité de Paléontologie: ou, Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Fossiles Considérés dans Leurs Rapports Zoologiques et Géologiques 2:301-405

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Rophalis relicta ✝
species		listed (PBDB)638.0 Ma
Eocene		38.0 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1854Rophalis Pictet p. 378
1856Sisyra (Rophalis) Hagen p. 87
1923Rhophalis Krüger p. 83
1992Rophalis Carpenter
1997Rophalis Nel and Jarzembowski p. 289
2009Rophalis Makarkin and Perkovsky p. 138
2016Rophalis Wichard p. 96

References

Pictet F. J. Classe insectes, Traité de Paléontologie: ou, Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Fossiles Considérés dans Leurs Rapports Zoologiques et Géologiques 2, 301-405
Hagen H. Taxonomic names, in Die im Bernstein befindlichen Neuropteren der Vorwelt, Die in Bernstein Befindlichen Organischen Reste der Vorwelt Gesammelt in Verbindung mit Mehreren Bearbeitetet und Herausgegeben 2 2, 41-126
Krüger L. (1923) Neuroptera succinica baltica. Die im baltischen Bernstein eingeschlossenen Neuropteren des Westpreußischen Provinzial-Museums (heute Museum für Naturkunde und Vorgeschichte) in Danzig, Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 84, 68-92
Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655
Nel A., Jarzembowski E. (1997) New fossil Sisyridae and Nevrorthidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) from Eocene Baltic amber and Upper Miocene of France, European Journal of Entomology 94, 287-294
Makarkin V. N., Perkovsky E. E. (2009) Rophalis relicta Hagen (Neuroptera, Nevrorthidae) in the Late Eocene Rovno amber, with a discussion of the taxonomic status of the genus, Denisia 26, 137-144
Wichard W. (2016) Overview and descriptions of Nevrorthidae in Baltic amber (Insecta, Neuroptera), Palaeodiversity 9, 95-111
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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