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Alienoptera

Insecta - Alienoptera

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Umenocoleoidea Chen and Tan
2003Umenocoleoidea Vršanský p. 6
2007Cratovitismioidea Bechly
2007Umenocoleoidea Bechly
2014Umenocoleoidea Kirejtshuk et al. p. 591
2014Cratovitismioidea Nel et al.
2014Umenocoleoidea Nel et al.
2016Alienoptera Bai et al. p. 318
2016Umenocoleoidea Lee p. 434
2016Aethiocarenodea Poinar and Brown p. 100
2018Umenocoleoidea Vršanský et al. p. 989
2021Umenocoleoidea Luo et al. p. 469
2022Alienoptera Luo et al.
2022Umenocoleoidea Szabó et al. p. 1704

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderAlienoptera
orderAlienoptera

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. †Alienoptera Bai et al. 2016
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Fm. †Alienopteridae Bai et al. 2016
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G. †Aethiocarenus Poinar and Brown 2016
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Aethiocarenus burmanicus Poinar and Brown 2016
G. †Alienopterella Kočárek 2018
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Alienopterella stigmatica Kočárek 2018
G. †Alienopterus Bai et al. 2016
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Alienopterus brachyelytrus Bai et al. 2016
G. †Apiblatta Barna and Bigalk 2018
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Apiblatta muratai Barna and Bigalk 2018
G. †Caputoraptor Bai et al. 2018
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Caputoraptor elegans Bai et al. 2018
Caputoraptor vidit Šmídová et al. 2018
G. †Chimaeroblattina Barna 2018
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G. †Eminespina Chen et al. 2021
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Eminespina burma Chen et al. 2021
G. †Formicamendax Hinkelman 2019
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Formicamendax vrsanskyi Hinkelman 2019
G. †Grant Aristov 2018
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Grant viridifluvius Aristov 2018
G. †Meilia Vršanský and Wang 2018
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Meilia jinghanae Vršanský and Wang 2018
G. †Teyia Vršanský et al. 2018
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Teyia branislav Vršanský and Wang 2018
Teyia huangi Vršanský et al. 2018
G. †Vcelesvab Vršanský et al. 2018
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Vcelesvab cratocretokrat Vršanský et al. 2018
Invalid names: Aethiocarenidae Poinar and Brown 2016 [synonym]
Fm. †Umenocoleidae Chen and Tan 1973
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G. †Alienopterix Mlynský et al. 2018
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Alienopterix mlynskyi Sendi 2021
Alienopterix ocularis Mlynský et al. 2018
Alienopterix santonicus Szabó et al. 2022
Alienopterix smidovae Hinkelman 2021
G. †Archaeospinapteryx Sendi and Cumming 2023
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Archaeospinapteryx tartarensis Sendi and Cumming 2023
G. †Blattapterix Vršanský 2003
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Blattapterix gansu Vršanský 2003
G. †Compunctiotypus Kaddumi 2005
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Compunctiotypus hudai Kaddumi 2005
G. †Cratovitisma Bechly 2007
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Cratovitisma bechlyi Podstrelená 2018
Cratovitisma cortexi Sendi 2018
Cratovitisma oldreadi Bechly 2007
Cratovitisma spinosa Sendi et al. 2023
G. †Elytropterix Vršanský 2003
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Elytropterix magnificiens Vršanský 2003
G. †Enervipraeala Luo et al. 2020
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Enervipraeala nigra Luo et al. 2020
G. †Laticephalana Luo et al. 2021
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Laticephalana liuyani Luo et al. 2021
G. †Nigropterix Sendi 2023
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Nigropterix angustata Sendi 2023
G. †Petropterix Vršanský 2003
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Petropterix alexeevi Vršanský 2003
Petropterix fukuiensis Oyama et al. 2022
Petropterix kukalovae Vršanský 2003
Petropterix mirabilis Vršanský 2003
Petropterix sibirix Vršanský 2003
G. †Poikiloprosopon Sendi and Cumming 2023
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Poikiloprosopon celiae Sendi and Cumming 2023
G. †Ponopterix Vršanský and Grimaldi 1999
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Ponopterix axelrodi Vršanský and Grimaldi 1999
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Invalid names: Ponopterix maxima Bechly 2007 [synonym]
G. †Pseudojantaropterix Gorochov 2006
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Pseudojantaropterix lebani Vršanský and Grimaldi 2003
G. †Trapezionotum Sendi and Cumming 2023
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Trapezionotum vrsanskyi Sendi and Cumming 2023
G. †Umenocoleus Chen and Tan 1973
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Umenocoleus nervosus Zhang 1997
Umenocoleus sinuatus Chen and Tan 1973
G. †Umenopterix Lee 2016
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Umenopterix burkhardi Nel et al. 2014
G. †Umenotypus Sendi 2023
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Umenotypus maculatus Sendi 2023
Subfm. †Vitisminae Vršanský and Ansorge 2001
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G. †Vitisma Vršanský 1999
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Vitisma diffusa Vršanský 2003
Vitisma occidentalis Vršanský and Ansorge 2001
Vitisma okata Kováčová 2022
Vitisma orientalis Vršanský 2005
Vitisma rasnitsyni Vršanský 1999
G. †Vzrkadlenie Vršanský 2020
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Vzrkadlenie karneri Sendi and Cumming 2023
Vzrkadlenie miso Vršanský 2020
Vzrkadlenie saintgermaini Sendi and Cumming 2023
Invalid names: Alienopterixinae Vršanský 2021 [invalid subgroup], Ponopterixidae Nel et al. 2014 [synonym]
Invalid names: Aethiocarenodea Poinar and Brown 2016 [synonym], Umenocoleoidea Chen and Tan 1973 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Bridgerian or 129.40000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections (59 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain Vitisma occidentalis (118913)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Lebanon Blattulidae indet. (146535 153333) Cratovitisma cortexi (123416) Jantaropterix lebani (122359 123001) Pseudojantaropterix lebani, Cratovitisma cortexi (122471)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Mongolia (Selenginskij) Vitisma orientalis (117954)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Petropterix sibirix (105536 118216) Petropterix sibirix, Vitisma rasnitsyni (122549) Vitisma rasnitsyni (106103 125412 125413 157030)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Jilin) Umenocoleus nervosus (151876)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Japan Vitisma sp., Petropterix fukuiensis (233240)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mongolia Elytropterix magnificiens (138924) Petropterix mirabilis (113355 121711 121713 125194 138922) Petropterix mirabilis, Petropterix alexeevi, Vitisma diffusa (113356) Petropterix mirabilis, Vitisma diffusa (113359) Vitisma diffusa (121714) Vitisma okata (103273)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Brazil (Ceará) Apiblatta muratai (122926) Cratovitisma oldreadi (122919 122921) Cratovitisma oldreadi, Ponopterix maxima, Ponopterix axelrodi, Vcelesvab cratocretokrat (122557) Ponopterix axelrodi (122352 138921) Ponopterix burkhardi (122918) Ponopterix maxima (140371)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Brazil (Ceara) Cratovitisma oldreadi, Ponopterix axelrodi (34899)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03China (Gansu) Blattapterix gansu (138919)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Jordan Compunctiotypus hudai (124847)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3China (Gansu) Petropterix kukalovae (138923) Ponopterix sp. 1, Ponopterix sp. 2, Umenocoleus sinuatus (224254) Umenocoleus sinuatus (138918)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Alienopterella sp. (123116) Alienopteridae indet. (207758) Alienopteridae indet., Caputoraptor elegans, Teyia huangi, Teyia branislav, Meilia jinghanae, Caputoraptor vidit, Alienopterix ocularis, Cratovitisma bechlyi, Formicamendax vrsanskyi, Enervipraeala nigra (161726) Alienopteridae indet., Cratovitisma bechlyi (123053) Alienopteridae indet., Cratovitisma bechlyi, Vzrkadlenie miso, Alienopterix smidovae, Alienopterix mlynskyi, Archaeospinapteryx tartarensis, Trapezionotum vrsanskyi, Poikiloprosopon celiae, Vzrkadlenie karneri, Vzrkadlenie saintgermaini (184414) Alienopteridae indet., Teyia branislav (167760) Alienopterus brachyelytrus, Caputoraptor elegans (178121) Caputoraptor elegans (185162 191654 191655) Caputoraptor elegans, Alienopterella stigmatica (195541) Eminespina burma (188400) Laticephalana liuyani (193537)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar (Kachin) Aethiocarenus burmanicus (104053)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Kazakhstan (Kzyl-Orda) Nigropterix angustata, Umenotypus maculatus (113401)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Kazakhstan Nigropterix angustata, Umenotypus maculatus (103274)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Hungary Alienopterix santonicus (230288)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Grant viridifluvius, Chimaeroblattina brevipes (181560)