Palaeodictyopteroidea
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The Palaeodictyopteroidea or Paleodictyopterida are an extinct superorder of Palaeozoic beaked insects, characterised by unique mouthparts consisting of 5 stylets. They represent the first important terrestrial herbivores, and the first major group of herbivorous insects. They appear during the Middle Carboniferous
(late Serpukhovian
or early Bashkirian
) and continue through to the Late Permian. This large and diverse group includes 50% of all known Paleozoic insects.
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system that extends from the end of the Devonian Period, about 359.2 ± 2.5 Mya , to the beginning of the Permian Period, about 299.0 ± 0.8 Mya . The name is derived from the Latin word for coal, carbo. Carboniferous means "coal-bearing"...
(late Serpukhovian
Serpukhovian
The Serpukhovian is in the ICS geologic timescale the uppermost stage or youngest age of the Mississippian, the lower subsystem of the Carboniferous. The Serpukhovian age lasted from 328.3 Ma tot 318.1 Ma...
or early Bashkirian
Bashkirian
The Bashkirian is in the ICS geologic timescale the lowest stage or oldest age of the Pennsylvanian, the youngest subsystem of the Carboniferous...
) and continue through to the Late Permian. This large and diverse group includes 50% of all known Paleozoic insects.
External links
- Paleodictyopteroidea at the Tree of Life project
- Palaeodictyopteroidea by Nina Sinitshenkova, 2002