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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
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
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 166.10000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Ambrotophasma vetulum (196979)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Leptophasma physematosa (165561) Pterophasma erromera, Meniscophasma erythrosticta (178121)