Diaphanopterodea

Diaphanopterodea
Temporal range:
Prochoroptera calopteryx
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Superorder: †Palaeodictyopteroidea
Order: †Diaphanopterodea
Handlirsch, 1919
Families
  • Aenigmatidiidae Rohdendorf, 1961
  • Alexrasnitsyniidae Prokop & Nel, 2011
  • Asthenohymenidae Tillyard, 1924
  • Bardohymenidae Zalessky, 1937
  • Biarmohymenidae Zalessky, 1937
  • Diaphanopteridae Handlirsch, 1906
  • Elmoidae Tillyard, 1937
  • Martynoviidae Tillyard, 1932
  • Namurodiaphidae Kukalova-Peck & Brauckmann, 1990
  • Parelmoidae Rohdendorf, 1962
  • Prochoropteridae Handlirsch, 1911
  • Velisopteridae Pinto & Adami-Rodrigues, 1997

The Diaphanopterodea or Paramegasecoptera are an extinct order of moderate to large-sized Palaeozoic insects. They are first known from the Middle Carboniferous (late Serpukhovian or early Bashkirian in age), and include some of the earliest known flying insects.

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