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Pristinofossor rictus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	375312	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=375312

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Neuroptera : Myrmeleontidae : Pristinofossor : Pristinofossor rictus

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
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
-	Aparaglossata
superorder	Neuropterida
-	Eidoneuroptera	Engel et al. 2018
order	Neuroptera	Linnaeus 1758
-	Euneuroptera	Engel et al. 2018
-	Neoneuroptera	Engel et al. 2018
-	Geoneuroptera	Engel et al. 2018
suborder	Myrmeleontiformia	Henry 1982
superfamily	Myrmeleontoidea	Latreille 1802
family	Myrmeleontidae	Latreille 1802
genus	Pristinofossor	Badano and Engel 2018
species	Pristinofossor rictus	Badano and Engel 2018

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pristinofossor rictus	species	belongs to Pristinofossor	stated with evidence	Badano and Engel, 2018

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

D. Badano and M. S. Engel. 2018. Taxonomic names, in Diverse Cretaceous larvae reveal the evolutionary and behavioural history of antlions and lacewings. Nature Communications 9(3257):1-14

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2018	Pristinofossor rictus Badano and Engel p. 9 figs. 3g, S2h

References

Badano D., Engel M. S. (2018) Taxonomic names, in Diverse Cretaceous larvae reveal the evolutionary and behavioural history of antlions and lacewings, Nature Communications 9 3257, 1-14

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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