Spilapteridae

Spilapteridae Temporal range: Early Carboniferous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Homaloneura ligeia fossil
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	† Palaeodictyoptera
Superfamily:	† Spilapteroidea
Family:	† Spilapteridae
Genus
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Spilapterida is an extinct family of palaeodictyopterans. It is regarded as one of the most species-rich of its order. ^[1]

Subdivisions

Subtaxa listed are genera, and all are extinct, unless otherwise noted.

• Abaptilon
• Baeoneura
• Becquerelia
• Bizarrea
• Boltoniella
• Delitzschala
• Dunbaria
• Epitethe
• Epithele
• Homaloneura
• Lamproptilia
• Mcluckiepteron
• Neuburgia
• Palaeoneuriinae (subfamily)
• Palaeoptilus
• Paradunbaria
• Permiakovia
• Sinodunbaria
• Spilaptera
• Spiloptilus
• Tectoptilus
• Tytthospilaptera
• Vorkutoneura

References

• Paleontology portal

1. Brauckmann, Carsten; Schneider, Joerg (1996). "Ein unter-karbonisches Insekt aus dem Raum Bitterfeld/Delitzsch (Pterygota, Arnsbergium, Deutschland)" [A Lower Carboniferous insect from the Bitterfeld/Delitzsch area (Pterygota, Arnsbergian, Germany)]. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte (in German). 1996 (1): 17–30. doi:10.1127/njgpm/1996/1996/17.