Procercopidae is an extinct family of
froghoppers. They are known from the Early Jurassic to early Late Cretaceous of Eurasia. They are one of two main families of Mesozoic froghoppers alongside
Sinoalidae. Procercopidae are considered to be the ancestral group from which modern froghoppers are derived.
Taxonomy
Chen et al, 2020 found that the family was
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 ...
with respect to extant froghoppers and the monotypic family Cercopionidae known from the Aptian aged
Crato Formation
The Crato Formation is a geologic formation (stratigraphy), formation of Early Cretaceous (Aptian) age in northeastern Brazil's Araripe Basin. It is an important Lagerstätten, Lagerstätte (undisturbed fossil accumulation) for palaeontology, pa ...
of Brazil.
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Anomoscytina'' Ren et al. 1998
Yixian Formation
The Yixian Formation (; formerly Romanization of Chinese, transcribed as Yihsien Formation or Yixiang Formation) is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous. I ...
, China, Aptian
** †''Anomoscytina anomala'' Ren et al. 1998
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Anthoscytina'' Hong 1983
** †''Anthoscytina brevineura'' Chen et al. 2015
Daohugou, China, Callovian
** †''Anthoscytina daica'' Shcherbakov 1988
Glushkovo Formation, Russia, Tithonian-Early Cretaceous
** †''Anthoscytina daidaleos'' Fu et al. 2018 Daohugou, China, Callovian
** †''Anthoscytina elegans'' Chen et al. 2015 Daohugou, China, Callovian
** †''Anthoscytina hongi'' Chen et al. 2015
Haifanggou Formation
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
** †''Anthoscytina liugouensis'' Hong 1983
Jiulongshan Formation, China, Callovian
** †''Anthoscytina longa'' Hong 1983 Haifanggou Formation, China, Callovian
** †''Anthoscytina parallelica'' Ren 1995 Jiulongshan Formation, China, Callovian
** †''Anthoscytina perpetua'' Li et al. 2013 Daohugou, China, Callovian
** †''Anthoscytina reducta'' Becker-Migdisova 1949 Kyzyl-Kiya, Kyrgyzstan, Pliensbachian
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Burmocercopis'' Fu et al. 2019
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, Cenomanian
** †''Burmocercopis lingpogensis'' Fu et al. 2019
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Cretocercopis'' Ren 1995
Lushangfen Formation, China, Aptian
** †''Cretocercopis yii'' Ren 1995
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Jurocercopis'' Wang and Zhang 2009 Daohugou, China, Callovian
** †''Jurocercopis grandis'' Wang and Zhang 2009
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Paranthoscytina'' Fu et al. 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
** †''Paranthoscytina xiai'' Fu et al. 2019
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Procercopina'' Martynov 1937
** †''Procercopina asiatica'' Martynov 1937 Kyzyl-Kiya, Kyrgyzstan, Pliensbachian
** †''Procercopina delicata'' Zhang et al. 2003
Badaowan Formation, China, Sinemurian
** †''Procercopina frenzeli'' Ansorge 1996
Green Series, Germany, Toarcian
** †''Procercopina longipennis'' Becker-Migdisova 1962
Dzhil Formation, 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 ...
/Sinemurian
** †''Procercopina shawanensis'' Zhang et al. 2003 Badaowan Formation, China, Sinemurian
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Procercopis'' Handlirsch 1906
** †''Procercopis abscissa'' Bode 1953
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
** †''Procercopis alutacea'' Handlirsch 1906 Green Series, Germany, Toarcian
** †''Procercopis completa'' Bode 1953 Posidonia Shale, Germany, Toarcian
** †''Procercopis coriacea'' Handlirsch 1939 Green Series, Germany, Toarcian
** †''Procercopis debilis'' Bode 1953 Posidonia Shale, Germany, Toarcian
** †''Procercopis jurassica'' Geinitz 1884 Green Series, Germany, Toarcian
** †''Procercopis lacerata'' Bode 1953 Posidonia Shale, Germany, Toarcian
** †''Procercopis liasina'' Handlirsch 1906 Green Series, Germany, Toarcian
** †''Procercopis similis'' Handlirsch 1939 Green Series, Germany, Toarcian
** †''Procercopis wunnenbergi'' Bode 1953 Posidonia Shale, Germany, Toarcian
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Sinocercopis'' Hong 1982
** †''Sinocercopis liaoyuanensis'' Hong 1982 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
** †''Sinocercopis lushangfenensis'' Hong 1984 Lushangfen Formation, China, Aptian
** †''Sinocercopis macula'' Hu et al. 2014 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
** †''Sinocercopis pustulosus'' Ren 1995 Lushangfen Formation, China, Aptian
** †''Sinocercopis trinervis'' Ren 1995 Lushangfen Formation, China, Aptian
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Stellularis'' Chen et al. 2015 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
** †''Stellularis aphthosa'' Ren et al. 1998
** †''Stellularis bineuris'' Chen and Wang 2020
** †''Stellularis longirostris'' Chen et al. 2015
** †''Stellularis minutus'' Chen and Wang 2020
** †''Stellularis senjituensis'' Hong 1984
** †''Stellularis sinuijuensis'' Jon et al. 2019
Sinuiju Formation, North Korea, Aptian
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Titanocercopis'' Chen et al. 2015 Daohugou, China, Callovian
** †''Titanocercopis borealis'' Chen et al. 2015
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Valdicopis'' Li, Chen and Jarzembowski, 2021,
Wealden Group
The Wealden Group, occasionally also referred to as the Wealden Supergroup, is a group (stratigraphy), group (a sequence of rock strata) in the lithostratigraphy of southern England. The Wealden group consists of wiktionary:paralic, paralic to c ...
, Early Cretaceous
**''Valdicopis tonyi'' Li, Chen and Jarzembowski, 2021
References
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Cercopoidea
Prehistoric insect families