Protodiplatyidae is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
family of
earwig
Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Earwigs have characteristic cerci, a pair of forcep-like pincers on their abdomen, and membranous wings folded ...
s. It is one of three families in the suborder
Archidermaptera
Archidermaptera is an extinct suborder of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. It is one of two extinct suborders of earwigs, and contains two families ( Protodiplatyidae and Dermapteridae) known only from Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous fossils.F ...
, alongside
Dermapteridae and ''
Turanovia''. Species are known from
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 Mya. The J ...
and
Early Cretaceous
The Early Cretaceous ( geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphic name), is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous. It is usually considered to stretch from 145 Ma to 100.5 Ma.
Geology
Pro ...
fossils
[Fabian Haas]
Archidermaptera
Tree of Life website[Fabian Haas]
Dermaptera: Earwigs
Tree of Life website and have unsegmented
cerci and
tarsi with four to five segments.
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Genera
The family includes the following genera:
* '' Abrderma'' - 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, Middle Jurassic (Callovian
In the geologic timescale, the Callovian is an age and stage in the Middle Jurassic, lasting between 166.1 ± 4.0 Ma (million years ago) and 163.5 ± 4.0 Ma. It is the last stage of the Middle Jurassic, following the Bathonian and preceding the ...
)
* '' Aneuroderma'' - Haifanggou Formation, China, Callovian
* '' Archidermapteron'' - Karabastau Formation
The Karabastau Formation ( kk, Qarabastaý svıtasy) 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 ...
, Kazakhstan, Late Jurassic ( Oxfordian)
* '' Asiodiplatys'' - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian
* '' Barbderma'' - Yixian Formation
The Yixian Formation (; formerly transcribed as Yihsien Formation) is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans the late Barremian and early Aptian stages of the Early Cretaceous. It is known for its ex ...
, China, Early Cretaceous (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 ...
)
* '' Longicerciata'' - Laiyang Formation
Laiyang city () is a county-level city within Yantai bordering Qingdao, located in the middle of the Shandong Peninsula, in Shandong province, China. The majority (70%) of its population are farmers and it is famous for producing the Laiyang pe ...
China, Aptian
* '' Microdiplatys'' - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian, Itat Formation
The Itat Formation (Russian: итатская свита) is a geologic formation in western Siberia. It was deposited in the Bajocian to Bathonian ages of the Middle Jurassic. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from t ...
, Russia, Middle Jurassic (Bathonian
In the geologic timescale the Bathonian is an age and stage of the Middle Jurassic. It lasted from approximately 168.3 Ma to around 166.1 Ma (million years ago). The Bathonian Age succeeds the Bajocian Age and precedes the Callovian Age.
Strat ...
)
* '' Perissoderma'' - Haifanggou Formation, China, Callovian
* '' Protodiplatys'' - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian, Gurvan-Eren Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
* '' Sinoprotodiplatys'' - Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
References
External links
A drawing of the species ''Asiodiplatys speciousus''
A drawing of the species ''Dermapteron incerta''
A drawing of the species ''Archidermapteron martynovi''
Prehistoric insect families
Archidermaptera
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