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Phylliidae (true leaf insect)

Insecta - Phasmatodea - Phylliidae

Taxonomy
Phylliidae was named by Karny (1923). It is extant.

It was assigned to Chresmodidea by Sharov (1968); to Areolatae by Zompro (2001); to Phasmatodea by Wedmann et al. (2007); and to Oriophasmata by Simon et al. (2019).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Phylliidae Karny
1968Phylliidae Sharov
2001Phylliidae Zompro p. 233
2007Phylliidae Wedmann et al.
2019Phylliidae Simon et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Eukinolabia
Holophasmatodea
orderPhasmatodeaJacobson and Bianchi 1902
Euphasmatodea
Neophasmatodea
Oriophasmata
familyPhylliidaeKarny 1923
familyPhylliidaeKarny 1923

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.

Fm. Phylliidae Karny 1923 [true leaf insect]
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Subfm. Phylliinae Karny 1923 [true leaf insect]
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G. †Eophyllium Wedmann et al. 2007
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Eophyllium messelensis Wedmann et al. 2007
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: MP 11 or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1148.07 - 41.03Germany (Hessen) Eophyllium messelensis (68475)