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Priscaenigmatidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4709821https://www.gbif.org/species/4709821
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)212045https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=212045
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Raphidioptera : Priscaenigmatidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
orderRaphidiopteraHandlirsch 1908
suborderPriscaenigmatomorphaEngel 2002
familyPriscaenigmatidaeEngel 2002
Scientific NamePriscaenigmatidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Priscaenigmatidaefamilybelongs to Priscaenigmatomorphastated with evidenceEngel, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance197 - 190 Ma
Early Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance183 - 182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. S. Engel. 2002. The smallest snakefly (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae): a new species in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, with a catalog of fossil snakeflies. American Museum Novitates 3363:1-22

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Hondelagia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1183 Ma
Early Jurassic
183 Ma
Early Jurassic
Priscaenigma
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1197 Ma
Early Jurassic
197 Ma
Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2002Priscaenigmatidae Engel p. 20
2007Priscaenigmatidae Perrichot and Engel p. 2
2011Priscaenigmatidae Bechly and Wolf-Schwenninger p. 230
2018Priscaenigmatidae Engel et al.

References

Engel M. S. (2002) The smallest snakefly (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae): a new species in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, with a catalog of fossil snakeflies, American Museum Novitates 3363, 1-22
Perrichot V., Engel M. S. (2007) Early Cretaceous snakefly larvae in amber from Lebanon, Myanmar, and France (Raphidioptera), American Museum Novitates 3598, 1-11
Bechly G., Wolf-Schwenninger K. (2011) A new fossil genus and species of snakefly (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber, with a discussion of snakefly phylogeny and fossil history, Insect Systematics & Evolution 42, 221-236
Engel M. S., Winterton S. L., et al (2018) Phylogeny and evolution of Neuropterida: where have wings of lace taken us?, Annual Review of Entomology 63, 531-551
Wikipedia: Snakefly (Oct 2010), follows Engel 2002 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Engel, 2002 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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