Caloneurodea is an extinct order of
polyneoptera
The cohort Polyneoptera is a proposed taxonomic ranking for the Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, etc.) and all other Neopteran insects believed to be more closely related to Orthoptera than to any other insect orders. These winged insects, ...
n
neoptera
Neoptera (Ancient Greek ''néos'' (“new”) + ''pterón'' (“wing”)) is a classification group that includes most orders of the winged insects, specifically those that can flex their wings over their abdomens. This is in contrast with the mo ...
n insects in the superorder
Orthopterida. The Caloneurodea are known from fossils found in North America, Europe, Russia, and Asia and had a palegeographic range confined to
Laurussia
Laurasia () was the more northern of two large landmasses that formed part of the Pangaea supercontinent from around (Mya), the other being Gondwana. It separated from Gondwana (beginning in the late Triassic period) during the breakup of Pang ...
.
Families and genera
Order Caloneurodea
*
Amboneuridae
** ''
Amboneura''
*
Anomalogrammatidae
** ''
Anomalogramma''
*
Apsidoneuridae
** ''
Apsidoneura''
** ''
Homaloptila''
** ''
Sinaspidoneura''
*
Caloneuridae
** ''
Caloneura''
** ''
Gigagramma''
** ''
Ligogramma''
*
Euthygrammatidae
** ''
Euthygramma''
*
Paleuthygrammatidae
** ''
Paleuthygramma''
** ''Pseudogramma''
** ''
Vilvia''
** ''
Vilviopsis''
*
Permobiellidae
** ''
Permobiella''
** ''
Pseudobiella''
*
Pleisiogrammmatidae
** ''
Pleisiogramma''
*
Synomaloptilidae
** ''
Synomaloptilidae''
** ''
Caloneurella''
** ''
Pruvostiella''
* Family ''
Incertae sedis
' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertain ...
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**''
Lusitaneura''
References
External links
Triassic insects
Extinct insect orders
Orthopterida
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