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Polycreagridae

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Polycreagridae

Taxonomy
Polycreagridae was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type is Polycreagra.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lycocercidae by Kukalová (1969) and Carpenter (1992).

It was assigned to Palaeodictyoptera by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919) and Handlirsch (1922); and to Eugereonoidea by Prokop and Ren (2007).

Subtaxa
Polycreagra (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Polycreagridae Handlirsch p. 110
1919Polycreagridae Handlirsch p. 531
1922Polycreagridae Handlirsch p. 48
2007Polycreagridae Prokop and Ren p. 270

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
orderPalaeodictyoptera
superfamilyEugereonoideaSinitshenkova 2002
familyPolycreagridae
familyPolycreagridae

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. †Polycreagridae Handlirsch 1906
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G. †Polycreagra Handlirsch 1906
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Polycreagra elegans Handlirsch 1906
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: Westphalian C or 314.60000 to 309.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8USA (Rhode Island) Polycreagra elegans (114463)