Fulgoridiidae are an extinct family of Mesozoic

planthopper A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, a group exceeding 12,500 described species worldwide. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to leaves and other plants of their environment ...

s. They are the earliest group of planthoppers known, and appear to be a

paraphyletic Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages. The grouping is said to be paraphyletic ''with respect to'' the excluded subgroups. In co ...

assemblage ancestral to living planthoppers. The majority of known members of the family lived in the

Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately 143.1 Mya. ...

period, though the group also includes one

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 143.1 to 66 mya (unit), million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era (geology), Era, as well as the longest. At around 77.1 million years, it is the ...

taxon. All currently known species are from

Eurasia Eurasia ( , ) is a continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. According to some geographers, Physical geography, physiographically, Eurasia is a single supercontinent. The concept of Europe and Asia as distinct continents d ...

Taxonomy

* †'' Aulieezidium'' Szwedo 2009

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, Oxfordian * †'' Cixiites'' Handlirsch 1906 Green Series, Germany,

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 ...

* †'' Compactofulgoridium'' Bode 1953A. Bode. 1953. Die Insektenfauna des Ostniedersachsischen Oberen Lias. ''Palaeontographica Abteilung A'' 103:1-375

Posidonia Shale The Posidonia Shale (, also called Schistes Bitumineux in Luxembourg) geologically known as the Sachrang Formation, is an Early Jurassic (Early to Late Toarcian) geological formation in Germany, northern Switzerland, northwestern Austria, souther ...

, Germany, Toarcian * †'' Conofulgoridium'' Bode 1953 Posidonia Shale, Germany, Toarcian * †'' Elasmoscelidium'' Martynov 1926A. V. Martynov. 1926. Jurassic fossil Insect from Turkestan. 6. Homoptera and Psocoptera. ''Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR'' 20(13-14):1349-1366 Posidonia Shale, Germany, Toarcian Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian * †'' Eofulgoridium'' Martynov 1937A. V. Martynov. 1937. Liassic insects from Shurab and Kisyl-Kiya, Part I, Various orders except Blattodea and Coleoptera. ''Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta'' 7:1-178 Kyzyl-Kiya, Kyrgyzstan,

Pliensbachian The Pliensbachian is an age of the geologic timescale and stage in the stratigraphic column. It is part of the Early or Lower Jurassic Epoch or Series and spans the time between 192.9 ±0.3 Ma and 184.2 ±0.3 Ma (million years ago). The Plie ...

, Sangonghe Formation, China, Toarcian * †'' Elasmoscelidium'' Martynov 1926 Posidonia Shale, Germany, Toarcian Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian * †'' Fenghuangor'' Li and Szwedo 2011

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 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 ...

* †'' Fulgoridiella'' Becker-Migdisova 1962

Dzhil Formation Dzhil may refer to: * Jil, Armenia Jil () is a village in the Shoghakat Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, located near the northern shore of Lake Sevan. Most of the beach in close proximity to the village remains uninhabited w ...

, Kyrgyzstan,

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 ...

* †'' Fulgoridium'' Handlirsch 1906 Posidonia Shale, Green Series, Germany, Toarcian * †'' Fulgoridulum'' Handlirsch 1939 Posidonia Shale, Green Series, Germany, Toarcian, Beacon Limestone Formation, United Kingdom, Toarcian * †'' Fulgoropsis'' Martynov 1937 Kyzyl-Kiya, Kyrgyzstan, Pliensbachian * †'' Margaroptilon'' Handlirsch 1906 Posidonia Shale, Green Series, Germany, Toarcian,

Whitby Mudstone The Whitby Mudstone is a Toarcian (Early Jurassic; ''Falciferum''-''Bifrons'' in regional chronostratigraphy) geological formation in Yorkshire and Worcestershire, England.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,

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 ...

* †'' Metafulgoridium'' Handlirsch 1939 Posidonia Shale, Green Series, Germany, Toarcian * †'' Parafulgoridium'' Handlirsch 1939 Green Series, Germany, Toarcian * †'' Procerofulgoridium'' Bode 1953 Posidonia Shale, Germany, Toarcian * †'' Productofulgoridium'' Bode 1953 Posidonia Shale, Germany, Toarcian * †'' Stonymetopus'' Poinar, Brown & Bourgoin 2022

Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. Th ...

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

, Cretaceous (

Albian The Albian is both an age (geology), age of the geologic timescale and a stage (stratigraphy), stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the youngest or uppermost subdivision of the Early Cretaceous, Early/Lower Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch/s ...

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy's (ICS) geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age (geology), age of the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or the lowest stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Cretace ...

) * †'' Tetrafulgoria'' Doweld 2013 (= ''Tetragonidium'' Bode 1953) Posidonia Shale, Germany, Toarcian * †'' Valvifulgoria'' Lin 1986Q. B. Lin. 1986. Early Mesozoic fossil insects from South China. ''Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B'' 170:1-112 Shiti Formation, China,

Bajocian In the geologic timescale, the Bajocian is an age and stage in the Middle Jurassic. It lasted from approximately 170.9 ±0.8 Ma to around 168.2 ±1.2 Ma (million years ago). The Bajocian Age succeeds the Aalenian Age and precedes the Bathonia ...

References

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