Dermapteridae is an extinct family of earwigs known from the Late Triassic to Mid Cretaceous, it is part of the extinct suborder Archidermaptera, alongside

Protodiplatyidae Protodiplatyidae is an extinct family of earwigs. It is one of three families in the suborder Archidermaptera, alongside Dermapteridae and '' Turanovia''. Species are known from Jurassic and Early Cretaceous fossilsFabian HaasArchidermaptera Tr ...

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Turanovia ''Turanovia incompleta'' is an extinct species of archidermapteran earwig. It is the only species in the genus ''Turanovia'' and family Turanoviidae. It is found in the Middle-Late Jurassic (Callovian- Oxfordian) Karabastau Formation of Kazakhst ...

.'' It was first named as a subfamily by Vishniakova in 1980, and elevated to family status by Engel in 2003 without discussion.

Systematics

* †'' Brevicula'' Whalley, 1985

Charmouth Mudstone Formation The Charmouth Mudstone Formation is a Formation (geology), geological formation in England, dating to the Early Jurassic (Sinemurian–Pliensbachian). It forms part of the lower Lias Group. It is most prominently exposed at its type locality in cl ...

, United Kingdom, Early Jurassic (

Sinemurian In the geologic timescale, the Sinemurian is an age (geology), age and stage (stratigraphy), stage in the Early Jurassic, Early or Lower Jurassic epoch (geology), Epoch or series (stratigraphy), Series. It spans the time between 199.5 ±0.3 annu ...

) *†'' Dacryoderma'' Engel, 2021 Charmouth Mudstone Formation, United Kingdom, Sinemurian * †'' Dermapteron'' Martynov, 1925

Karabastau Formation The Karabastau Formation () is a geological formation and lagerstätte in the Karatau Mountains of southern Kazakhstan whose strata date to the Middle to Late Jurassic. It is an important locality for insect fossils that has been studied since ...

, Kazakhstan, Middle-Late Jurassic (

Callovian In the geologic timescale, the Callovian is an age and stage in the Middle Jurassic, lasting between 165.3 ± 1.1 Ma (million years ago) and 161.5 ± 1.0 Ma. It is the last stage of the Middle Jurassic, following the Bathonian and preceding the ...

/ Oxfordian) * †'' Dimapteron'' Kelly et al. 2018

Durlston Formation The Durlston Formation is a geologic formation in England. Particularly in the Isle of Purbeck. It preserves fossils dating back to the Berriasian stage of the Lower Cretaceous. Vertebrate paleobiota Crocodyliformes See also * List of ...

, United Kingdom, Early Cretaceous (

Berriasian In the geological timescale, the Berriasian is an age/ stage of the Early/Lower Cretaceous. It is the oldest subdivision in the entire Cretaceous. It has been taken to span the time between 143.1 ±0.6 Ma and 137.05 ± 0.2 (million years ago) ...

) * †'' Jurassimedeola'' Zhang, 2002

Daohugou The Haifanggou Formation (), also known as the Jiulongshan Formation (), is a fossil-bearing rock deposit located near Daohugou () village of Ningcheng County, in Inner Mongolia, northeastern China. The formation consists of coarse conglomerates ...

, China, Callovian * †'' Palaeodermapteron'' Zhao et al. 2011 Daohugou, China, Callovian * †'' Phanerogramma'' Cockerell, 1915 Blackstone Formation, Australia, Late Triassic (

Norian The Norian is a division of the Triassic geological period, Period. It has the rank of an age (geology), age (geochronology) or stage (stratigraphy), stage (chronostratigraphy). It lasted from ~227.3 to Mya (unit), million years ago. It was prec ...

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Westbury Formation The Westbury Formation is a geological Formation (geology), formation in England, one of the Penarth Group. It dates back to the Rhaetian.Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Triassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B. ...

Lilstock Formation The Lilstock Formation is a geologic formation in England. It preserves bivalve, insect and other invertebrate fossils, as well as fossil fish of '' Agkistracanthus mitgelensis'' and the basal theropod dinosaur '' Newtonsaurus cambrensis'' datin ...

, United Kingdom, Late Triassic (

Rhaetian The Rhaetian is the latest age (geology), age of the Triassic period (geology), Period (in geochronology) or the uppermost stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Triassic system (stratigraphy), System (in chronostratigraphy). It was preceded by the N ...

Blue Lias The Blue Lias is a formation (stratigraphy), geological formation in southern, eastern and western England and parts of South Wales, part of the Lias Group. The Blue Lias consists of a sequence of limestone and shale layers, laid down in latest ...

, United Kingdom, Early Jurassic (

Hettangian The Hettangian is the earliest age and lowest stage of the Jurassic Period of the geologic timescale. It spans the time between 201.3 ± 0.2 Ma and 199.3 ± 0.3 Ma (million years ago). The Hettangian follows the Rhaetian (part of the Triass ...

) * †'' Sinopalaeodermata'' Zhang, 2002 Daohugou, China, Callovian * †'' Trivenapteron'' Kelly et al. 2018 Beacon Limestone Formation, United Kingdom, Early Jurassic (

Toarcian The Toarcian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy, ICS' geologic timescale, an age (geology), age and stage (stratigraphy), stage in the Early Jurassic, Early or Lower Jurassic. It spans the time between 184.2 Megaannum, Ma (million ...

) * †'' Valdopteron'' Kelly et al. 2018 Weald Clay Formation, United Kingdom, Early Cretaceous (

Barremian The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 125.77 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma (Historically, this stage was placed at 129.4 million to approximately 125 million years ago) It is a ...

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References

Prehistoric insect families Archidermaptera {{earwig-stub