Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeontinidae
Synonym: Cicadomorphidae Evans 1956
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Parent taxon: Palaeontinoidea according to Y. Wang et al. 2021
See also Becker-Migdisova and Wootton 1965, Carpenter 1992, Chen et al. 2016, Evans 1956, Hamilton 1992, Handlirsch 1906, Hong 1982, Hong 1986, Li et al. 2018, Li et al. 2019, Martynov 1926, Martynov 1937, Nam et al. 2017, Shcherbakov 1988, Szwedo 2018, Wang et al. 2008, Wang and Zhang 2006, Wang et al. 2008, Wang et al. 2009, Wang et al. 2010, Whalley and Jarzembowski 1985 and Zhang 1997
Sister taxa: Dunstaniidae, Mesogereonidae, Stenoglyphis
Subtaxa: Abrocossus Archipsyche Asiocossus Baeocossus Cicadomorpha Cladocossus Colossocossus Cratocossus Cricocossus Cyllonium Daohugoucossus Eocicada Eoiocossus Gansucossus Hallakkungis Ijacossus Ilerdocossus Jibeicossus Kallicossus Karoontina Martynovocossus Miracossus Montsecocossus Neimenggucossus Ningchengia Pachypsyche Palaeocicadopsis Palaeocossus Palaeontina Palaeontinidae arcuatus Palaeontinodes Palaeontinopsis Papiliontina Parawonnacottella Phragmatoecicossus Phragmatoecites Plachutella Prolystra Shurabocossus Sinopalaeocossus Suljuktaja Suljuktocossus Synapocossus Talbragarocossus Turgaiella Valdicossus Yanocossus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (5 collections), China (13), Spain (5), the United Kingdom (5)
• Jurassic of Australia (1), China (19), Germany (15), Kazakhstan (3), Kyrgyzstan (8), the Russian Federation (6), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of China (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), South Africa (1), South Korea (1)
• Permian of China (1)
Total: 86 collections including 164 occurrences