Spilapteroidea

Spilapteroidea; Temporal range: Early Carboniferous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	† Palaeodictyoptera
Superfamily:	† Spilapteroidea
Family
	†Fouqueidae ; †Mecynostomatidae ; †Spilapteridae ;

Last updated January 03, 2026

Spilapteroidea is an extinct superfamily of palaeodictyopterans.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Spilapterida at Fossilworks
↑ Liu, Xin; Béthoux, Olivier; Yin, Xiangchu; Ren, Dong (2015-07-01). "The smallest Palaeodictyoptera (Insecta) discovered at Xiaheyan (Late Carboniferous, China)". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 14 (5): 346–352. Bibcode:2015CRPal..14..346L. doi: 10.1016/j.crpv.2015.05.013 . ISSN 1631-0683.

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[1] Spilapterida at Fossilworks

[2] Liu, Xin; Béthoux, Olivier; Yin, Xiangchu; Ren, Dong (2015-07-01). "The smallest Palaeodictyoptera (Insecta) discovered at Xiaheyan (Late Carboniferous, China)". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 14 (5): 346–352. Bibcode:2015CRPal..14..346L. doi: 10.1016/j.crpv.2015.05.013 . ISSN 1631-0683.

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