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Pterophasmatidae

Insecta - Phasmatodea - Pterophasmatidae

Taxonomy
Pterophasmatidae was named by Yang et al. (2019). Its type is Pterophasma.

It was assigned to Phasmatodea by Yang et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Pterophasmatidae Yang et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Eukinolabia
—Holophasmatodea
orderPhasmatodeaJacobson and Bianchi 1902
familyPterophasmatidae
familyPterophasmatidae

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. †Pterophasmatidae Yang et al. 2019
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G. †Ambrotophasma Yang et al. 2022
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†Ambrotophasma vetulum Yang et al. 2022
G. †Leptophasma Yang et al. 2019
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†Leptophasma physematosa Yang et al. 2019
G. †Meniscophasma Yang et al. 2019
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†Meniscophasma erythrosticta Yang et al. 2019
G. †Pterophasma Yang et al. 2019
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†Pterophasma erromera Yang et al. 2019
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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 165.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Nei Mongol) Ambrotophasma vetulum (196979)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Leptophasma physematosa (165561) Pterophasma erromera, Meniscophasma erythrosticta (178121)