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Eocoronidae
Eocoronidae is an extinct family of insects from the Carnian age of the Triassic period. It was established in 1981 by the Australian entomologist Norman Tindale. At present, it contains only one species and genus: '' Eocorona iani''. The taxonomical placement of Eocoronidae is unclear. Originally considered to belong to the order Lepidoptera, it is now assumed to be basal and is classified under Amphiesmenoptera. Fossils of '' Eoses triassica'', previously classified under the monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ... family Eosetidae and subjectively synonymized by E.F. Reik into the mecopterid species '' Mesochorista proavita'', have been proposed by Tindale to belong to this family. References Triassic insects Carnian first appearances Carnian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eocorona
''Eocorona'' is an extinct genus of amphiesmenopteran from the Middle Triassic of Australia. It contains only one species, ''Eocorona iani'', and is the type genus of the family Eocoronidae. Discovery ''Eocorona iani'' was first described by the Australian people, Australian anthropologist and entomologist Norman Tindale in 1980. The fossil was composed of a nearly complete forewing and a hindwing tentatively interpreted as belonging to the same species. It was recovered from Mount Crosby, Queensland, Australia. It dates from the Carnian age (228.0 – 216.5 million years ago) of the Middle Triassic. Taxonomy ''Eocorona iani'' is the only species in the genus ''Eocorona'' and the family Eocoronidae. Tindale originally described ''Eocorona iani'' as a butterfly (order Lepidoptera). This has been challenged by a number of other authors. Most recently, Minet ''et al.'' (2010) considered ''Eocorona'' a 'true' member of the superorder Amphiesmenoptera, neither lepidopteran (butte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |