Alienopteridae
| Alienopteridae Temporal range: | |
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| Generic reconstruction of an alienopterid adult | |
| Aethiocarenus, an alienopterid nymph | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Superfamily: | †Umenocoleoidea |
| Family: | †Alienopteridae Bai et al, 2016 |
| Type genus | |
| †Alienopterus Bai et al, 2016 | |
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Alienopteridae is an extinct family of dictyopterans, known from the Early Cretaceous to the Eocene epoch. They are noted for their unusual combination of features not found in other dictyopterans.