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Cimbrophlebiidae
Cimbrophlebiidae is an extinct family of scorpionflies. They are considered to be the sister group to the Bittacidae, together forming the clade Raptipedia. Systematics * †'' Bellicimbrophlebia'' Yang et al. 2013 Daohugou, China, Callovian * †'' Cimbrophlebia'' Willmann 1977 Jurassic-Eocene, Laurasia * †'' Juracimbrophlebia'' Wang et al. 2012 Daohugou, China, Callovian * †'' Malmocimbrophlebia'' Bechly and Schweigart 2000 Solnhofen, Germany, Tithonian * †'' Mirorcimbrophlebia'' Yang et al. 2013 Daohugou, China, Callovian * †'' Perfecticimbrophlebia'' Yang et al. 2012 Daohugou, China, Callovian * †'' Telobittacus'' Zhang 1993 Daohugou, China, Callovian Fengjiashan Formation, China, Hauterivian An undescribed specimen is also known from the Toarcian The Toarcian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, an age and stage in the Early or Lower Jurassic. It spans the time between 182.7 Ma (million years ago) and 174.1 Ma. It follows the Pliensbachian and is followed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecoptera
Mecoptera (from the Greek: ''mecos'' = "long", ''ptera'' = "wings") is an order of insects in the superorder Endopterygota with about six hundred species in nine families worldwide. Mecopterans are sometimes called scorpionflies after their largest family, Panorpidae, in which the males have enlarged genitals raised over the body that look similar to the stingers of scorpions, and long beaklike rostra. The Bittacidae, or hangingflies, are another prominent family and are known for their elaborate mating rituals, in which females choose mates based on the quality of gift prey offered to them by the males. A smaller group is the snow scorpionflies, family Boreidae, adults of which are sometimes seen walking on snowfields. In contrast, the majority of species in the order inhabit moist environments in tropical locations. The Mecoptera are closely related to the Siphonaptera (fleas), and a little more distantly to the Diptera (true flies). They are somewhat fly-like in appearance, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cimbrophlebia
''Cimbrophlebia'' is an extinct genus of Mecoptera which existed from the Jurassic to the Eocene period. Species The genus ''Cimbrophlebia'' contains the species: *''Cimbrophlebia amoena'' Daohugou, China, Callovian *''Cimbrophlebia bittaciformis'' Fur Formation, Denmark, Eocene *''Cimbrophlebia brooksi'' Klondike Mountain Formation, Washington, Eocene *''Cimbrophlebia flabelliformis'' Kamloops Group, Canada, Ypresian *''Cimbrophlebia leahyi'' Kamloops Group, Canada, Ypresian *''Cimbrophlebia rara'' Yixian Formation, China, Aptian The Aptian is an age in the geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early or Lower Cretaceous Epoch or Series and encompasses the time from 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma to 113.0 ± 1.0 Ma (million years ago), a ... *''Cimbrophlebia westae'' Klondike Mountain Formation, Washington, Eocene References Mecoptera Eocene insects Fossil taxa described in 1977 Prehistoric insects of Europe Cenozoic insects of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juracimbrophlebia
''Juracimbrophlebia'' is an extinct genus of hangingflies that lived during the Middle Jurassic Period about 165 million years ago, containing only its type species, ''Juracimbrophlebia ginkgofolia''; it was discovered in deposits from Daohugou in northeastern China’s Inner Mongolia. The insect was selected by the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University as one of the ''Top 10 New Species'' discovered in 2012 out of more than 140 nominated species. The uniqueness is its striking resemblance to the fossilized leaves with which it was discovered, indicating one of the earliest known instances of biological mimicry. The selection was announced on 22 May 2013. Etymology ''Juracimbrophlebia ginkgofolia'' is the only species so far described under the genus. The generic name is derived from a combination of '' Jura-'' and ''cimbrophlebia'' (for the type genus of the family Cimbrophlebiidae), referring to the Jurassic age and its scorpionfly na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciechocinek Formation
The Ciechocinek Formation (also known as the Gryfice Formation at Suliszewo), formerly known in Germany as the Green Series (German: ''Grüne Serie'') is a Jurassic (lower Toarcian) geologic formation that extends across the Baltic coast, from Grimmen, Germany, to Lithuania, with its major sequence in Poland and a few boreholes in Kaliningrad. It is mostly known by its diverse entomofauna, composed of more than 150 species of different groups of insects, as well its marine vertebrate fossils, including remains of sharks, actinopterygians and marine reptiles, along terrestrial remains of dinosaurs, including the early thyreophoran ''Emausaurus'' and others not yet assigned to a definite genus. Its exposures are mostly derived from active clay mining of a dislocated glacial raft with exposed Upper Pliensbachian to late Toarcian shallow-marine sediments. Starting with coarse and fine sand deposits with concretions, the pure clay of the Ciechocinek Formation, after the falciferum zon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toarcian
The Toarcian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, an age and stage in the Early or Lower Jurassic. It spans the time between 182.7 Ma (million years ago) and 174.1 Ma. It follows the Pliensbachian and is followed by the Aalenian. The Toarcian Age began with the Toarcian turnover, the extinction event that sets its fossil faunas apart from the previous Pliensbachian age. It is believed to have ended with a global cooling event known as the Comptum Cooling Event, although whether it represented a worldwide event is controversial. Stratigraphic definitions The Toarcian takes its name from the city of Thouars, just south of Saumur in the Loire Valley of France. The stage was introduced by French palaeontologist Alcide d'Orbigny in 1842, after examining rock strata of this age in a quarry near Thouars. In Europe this period is represented by the upper part of the Lias. The base of the Toarcian is defined as the place in the stratigraphic record where the ammonite genus '' Eoda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hauterivian
The Hauterivian is, in the geologic timescale, an age in the Early Cretaceous Epoch or a stage in the Lower Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 132.9 ± 2 Ma and 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago). The Hauterivian is preceded by the Valanginian and succeeded by the Barremian.See Gradstein ''et al.'' (2004) for a detailed geologic timescale Stratigraphic definitions The Hauterivian was introduced in scientific literature by Swiss geologist Eugène Renevier in 1873. It is named after the Swiss town of Hauterive at the shore of Lake Neuchâtel. The base of the Hauterivian is defined as the place in the stratigraphic column where the ammonite genus ''Acanthodiscus'' first appears. A reference profile for the base (a GSSP) was officially ratified by the International Union of Geological Sciences in December of 2019, and is placed in La Charce, France. The top of the Hauterivian (the base of the Barremian) is at the first appearance of ammonite species ''Spitidiscus hugii'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangingfly
Bittacidae is a family of scorpionflies commonly called hangingflies or hanging scorpionflies. The genus ''Bittacus'', comprising approximately 75% of all species within the family, occurs worldwide. Other genera are mostly confined to South America or Australia. Members of this family may be confused with crane flies, in the order Diptera, but can be distinguished by their two pairs of wings and lack of halteres. They are distinguished in the fact that during mating the male captures a prey insect and offers it to the female as a nuptial gift. The larger the prey item is, the more receptive the female will be to mating. Genera This list is based on ''The World Checklist of extant Mecoptera Species''. Presumably complete up to 1997, it is updated as needed. The number of species in each genus are in parentheses. A number of extinct(†) genera have been described from the fossil record. * '' Anabittacus'' (1) Kimmins, 1929 (Chile) * '' Anomalobittacus'' (1) Kimmins, 1928 (Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
