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Zorotypidae

Insecta - Zoraptera - Zorotypidae

Taxonomy
Zorotypidae was named by Silvestri (1913). It is extant.

It was assigned to Zoraptera by Engel and Grimaldi (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Zorotypidae Silvestri
2002Zorotypidae Engel and Grimaldi p. 4

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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
Haplocercata
orderZorapteraSilvestri 1913
familyZorotypidaeSilvestri 1913
familyZorotypidaeSilvestri 1913

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. Zorotypidae Silvestri 1913
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G. †Xenozorotypus Engel and Grimaldi 2002
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Xenozorotypus burmiticus Engel and Grimaldi 2002
G. Zorotypus Silvestri 1913
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Subg. †Zorotypus (Octozoros) Engel 2003
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Zorotypus (Octozoros) acanthothorax Engel and Grimaldi 2002
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Invalid names: Zorotypus robustus Liu et al. 2018 [synonym]
Zorotypus (Octozoros) hukawngi Chen and Su 2019
Zorotypus (Octozoros) nascimbenei Engel and Grimaldi 2002
Zorotypus (Octozoros) pusillus Chen and Su 2019
Subg. Zorotypus (Zorotypus) Silvestri 1913
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Invalid names: Zorotypus confirmans Scheven 1990 [replaced]
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Invalid names: Zorotypus oligophleps Liu et al. 2018 [synonym]
Zorotypus (Zorotypus) goeleti Engel and Grimaldi 2000
Zorotypus cretatus Engel and Grimaldi 2002
Zorotypus palaeus Poinar 1988
Invalid names: Paleospinosus Kaddumi 2005 [synonym]
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: base of the Albian to the top of the Langhian or 113.00000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Jordan Paleospinosus hudae (124847)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Zorotypus cenomanianus, Zorotypus denticulatus (161726) Zorotypus cretatus, Zorotypus nascimbenei, Zorotypus acanthothorax, Xenozorotypus burmiticus (111688) Zorotypus dilaticeps (184509) Zorotypus hirsutus, Zorotypus pecten (184692) Zorotypus hukawngi, Zorotypus pusillus (188400) Zorotypus robustus, Zorotypus oligophleps (178121)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Zorotypus confirmans (124846) Zorotypus goeleti, Zorotypus mnemosyne (122982) Zorotypus palaeus (122473)