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Prorhaphidophora ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4401735	https://www.gbif.org/species/4401735
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	218431	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=218431

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Rhaphidophoridae : Prorhaphidophora

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Rhaphidophoridae : Prorhaphidophora

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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
-	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
superorder	Orthopterida	Boudreaux 1979
order	Orthoptera	Olivier 1789
suborder	Ensifera	Chopard 1920
infraorder	Tettigoniidea
superfamily	Rhaphidophoroidea	Kirby 1906
family	Rhaphidophoridae
subfamily	Protroglophilinae	Gorochov 1989
genus	Prorhaphidophora	Chopard 1936

Scientific Name

Prorhaphidophora Chopard, 1936

Name Published In

Chopard. 1936. Un remarquable genre d'orthopères de l'ambre de la Baltique. Livre jubilaire de M. Eugène-Louis Bouvier, membre de l'Institut, professeur honoraire au Muséum

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Prorhaphidophora	genus	belongs to Rhaphidophorinae	stated with evidence	Zeuner, 1939
Prorhaphidophora	genus	belongs to Gryllacrididae	stated with evidence	Carpenter, 1992
Prorhaphidophora	genus	belongs to Protroglophilinae	stated with evidence	Gorochov, 1995

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Last Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Type Specimen

Prorhaphidophora antiqua Chopard, 1936

Designated By

Chopard. 1936. Un remarquable genre d'orthopères de l'ambre de la Baltique. Livre jubilaire de M. Eugène-Louis Bouvier, membre de l'Institut, professeur honoraire au Muséum 165

Type Information Source

Orthoptera Species File

Environment

terrestrial (based on Ensifera)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ensifera)

Vision

well-developed (based on Ensifera)

Diet

herbivore (based on Ensifera)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Ensifera)

Ontogeny

molting (based on Ensifera)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Ensifera)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

L Chopard. 1936. Un Remarquable Genre d'Orthopteres de l'Ambre de la Baltique. Livre Jubilaire E.-L. Bouvier

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Prorhaphidophora antiqua ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1936	Prorhaphidophora Chopard p. 163
1939	Prorhaphidophora Zeuner p. 130
1992	Prorhaphidophora Carpenter p. 172
1995	Prorhaphidophora Gorochov p. 203
2010	Prorhaphidophora Gorochov p. 667

References

Chopard L (1936) Un Remarquable Genre d'Orthopteres de l'Ambre de la Baltique, Livre Jubilaire E.-L. Bouvier

Zeuner F. E. (1939) , Fossil Orthoptera Ensifera, 1-321

Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655

Gorochov A. V. (1995) Sistema i evolyutsiya pryamokrylykh podotryada Ensifera (Orthoptera), chast I, Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 260 1, 1-224

Gorochov A. V. (2010) New and little-known orthopteroid insects (Polyneoptera) from fossil resins: communication 4, Paleontological Journal 44, 657-671

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Livre jubil. Bouvier - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Otte, D. 2000. Gryllacrididae, Stenopelmatidae, Cooloolidae, Schizodactylidae, Anastostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 8:78 - via Orthoptera Species File

Zeuner. 1939. Fossil Orthoptera, Ensifera, British Museum (Natural History), London 130 - via Orthoptera Species File

Chopard. 1936. Un remarquable genre d'orthopères de l'ambre de la Baltique. Livre jubilaire de M. Eugène-Louis Bouvier, membre de l'Institut, professeur honoraire au Muséum 163 - via Orthoptera Species File

Gorochov. 2001. In Field, L.H. [Ed.]. The higher classification, phylogeny and evolution of the superfamily Stenopelmatoidea. The biology of wetas, king crickets and their allies, Wallingford 17 - via Orthoptera Species File

Gorochov. 2010. New and little-known orthopteroid insects (Polyneuroptera) from fossil resins: Communication 4. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal (Paleont. Zh.) 6:667 - via Orthoptera Species File

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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