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Sunoprophalangopsis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4402403	https://www.gbif.org/species/4402403
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	181294	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=181294

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Prophalangopsidae : Sunoprophalangopsis

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	Hagloidea	Handlirsch 1906
family	Prophalangopsidae	Kirby 1906
subfamily	Aboilinae	Martynov 1925
genus	Sunoprophalangopsis	Hong 1982

Scientific Name

Sunoprophalangopsis Hong, 1982

Name Published In

Hong, Y. 1982. Fossil Haglidae (Orthoptera) in China. Scientia Sinica Series B (Chemical, Biological, Agricultural, Medical & Earth Sciences) (Scientia Sinica Series B) 25(10):1118-1132

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Sunoprophalangopsis	genus	belongs to Prophalangopseinae	stated with evidence	Hong, 1982
Sunoprophalangopsis	genus	belongs to Aboilinae	stated with evidence	Gorochov, 1988
Sunoprophalangopsis	genus	belongs to Haglidae	stated with evidence	Carpenter, 1992
Sunoprophalangopsis	genus	belongs to Aboilinae	stated with evidence	Gorochov, 1995
Sunoprophalangopsis	genus	belongs to Prophalangopsinae	stated with evidence	Ren, 1995
Sunoprophalangopsis	genus	belongs to Aboilinae	stated with evidence	Gorochov, 2003

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

166 - 157 Ma
Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

166 - 157 Ma
Jurassic

Type Specimen

Sunoprophalangopsis elegantis Hong, 1982

Designated By

Hong, Y. 1982. Fossil Haglidae (Orthoptera) in China. Scientia Sinica Series B (Chemical, Biological, Agricultural, Medical & Earth Sciences) (Scientia Sinica Series B) 25(10):1125

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)

Y. C. Hong. 1982. Fossil Haglidae (Orthoptera) in China. Scientia Sinica (Series B) 25:1118-1129

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Sunoprophalangopsis clathrata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Sunoprophalangopsis elegantis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Sunoprophalangopsis scupta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Sunoprophalangopsis sparsula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Sunoprophalangopsis superba ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1982	Sunoprophalangopsis Hong p. 1124
1983	Sunoprophalangopsis Hong p. 44
1988	Sunoprophalangopsis Gorochov p. 59
1992	Sunoprophalangopsis Carpenter p. 170
1995	Sunoprophalangopsis Gorochov p. 129
1995	Sunoprophalangopsis Ren p. 61
2003	Sunoprophalangopsis Gorochov p. 119

References

Hong Y. C. (1982) Fossil Haglidae (Orthoptera) in China, Scientia Sinica (Series B) 25, 1118-1129

Hong Y. C. (1983) , Middle Jurassic Fossil Insects in North China, 1-223

Gorochov A. V. (1988) The Lower and Middle Jurassic superfamily Hagloidea (Orthoptera), Paleontological Journal 22 2, 50-61

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

Ren D. (1995) Insecta, Faunae and stratigraphy of Jurassic-Cretaceous in Beijing and the adjacent areas, 47-121

Gorochov A. V. (2003) New data on taxonomy and evolution of fossil and Recent Prophalangopsidae (Orthoptera: Hagloidea), Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 46 Suppl, 117-127

Gorochov. 1988. Orthoptera of the superfamily Hagloidea from the Lower and Middle Jurassic [in Russian]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal (Paleont. Zh.) 2:[59] - via Orthoptera Species File

Otte, D. 1997. Tettigonioidea. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 7:314 - via Orthoptera Species File

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

original work (title/other) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gorochov. 2003. New data on taxonomy and evolution of fossil and recent Prophalangopsidae (Orthoptera: Hagloidea). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia (Acta Zool. Cracov.) 46 (suppl.):119 - via Orthoptera Species File

Scientia Sin. (chem. Biol. agric. Med. earth Sci.) 25 (10): - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hong, Y. 1982. Fossil Haglidae (Orthoptera) in China. Scientia Sinica Series B (Chemical, Biological, Agricultural, Medical & Earth Sciences) (Scientia Sinica Series B) 25(10):1124-1125 - 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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