Caloneurodea is an extinct order of

polyneoptera The cohort Polyneoptera is one of the major groups of winged insects, comprising the Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, etc.) and all other neopteran insects believed to be more closely related to Orthoptera than to any other insect orders. Th ...

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 more basa ...

n insects in the superorder

Orthopterida The cohort Polyneoptera is one of the major groups of winged insects, comprising the Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, etc.) and all other neopteran insects believed to be more closely related to Orthoptera than to any other insect orders. Th ...

. Caloneurodea is known from fossils found in North America, Europe, Russia, and Asia and had a paleogeographic range confined to

Laurussia Laurasia () was the more northern of two large landmasses that formed part of the Pangaea supercontinent from around (Million years ago, Mya), the other being Gondwana. It separated from Gondwana (beginning in the late Triassic period) during ...

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 is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), 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, uncertainty ...

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References

Extinct insect orders Orthopterida Taxa described in 1938 {{paleo-insect-stub