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Prochoropteridae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4770224https://www.gbif.org/species/4770224
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)191961https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=191961
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diaphanopterodea : Prochoropteridae
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
superorderPalaeodictyopterida
orderDiaphanopterodeaHandlirsch 1906
familyProchoropteridaeHandlirsch 1911
Scientific NameProchoropteridae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Prochoropteridaefamilybelongs to Megasecopterastated with evidenceHandlirsch, 1911
Prochoropteridaefamilybelongs to Diaphanopterodeastated with evidenceCarpenter and Richardson, 1978
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance311 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance307 - 304 Ma
Carboniferous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Handlirsch. 1911. New Paleozoic insects from the vicinity of Mazon Creek, Illinois. American Journal of Science, Series 4 31:353-377

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Euchoroptera
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Euchoroptera
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1307 Ma
Carboniferous
307 Ma
Carboniferous
Prochoroptera
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
7311 Ma
Carboniferous
311 Ma
Carboniferous
Prochoroptera
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1911Prochoropteridae Handlirsch
1919Prochoropteridae Handlirsch p. 586
1978Prochoropteridae Carpenter and Richardson p. 220
1992Prochoropteridae Carpenter p. 55

References

Handlirsch A. (1911) New Paleozoic insects from the vicinity of Mazon Creek, Illinois, American Journal of Science, Series 4 31, 353-377
Handlirsch A. (1919) Revision der Paläozoischen Insekten, Denkschriften der Akademie Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 96, 511-592
Carpenter F. M., Richardson E. S. (1978) Structure and Relationships of the Upper Carboniferous Insect, Prochoroptera calopteryx (Diaphanopterodea, Prochoropteridae), Psyche 85, 219-227
Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - 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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