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Homoiopteridaegroup is extinct

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Containing group: Paleodictyoptera

References

Brauckmann, C. 1991. Morphologie und Variabilitat von Homoioptera vorhallensis (Insecta: Palaeodictyoptera; Ober-Karbon). Geologica et Palaeontologica 25:193-213.

Brauckmann, C. and R. Becker. 1992. Ein neues Riesen-Insekt aus dem Ober-Karbon des Saarlandes (Palaeodictyoptera: Homoiopteridae). Geologica et Palaeontologica 26:135-141.

Carpenter, F. M. 1992. Superclass Hexapoda. Volume 3 of Part R, Arthropoda 4 of Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America.

Handlirsch, A. 1904. Les Insectes houillers de la Belgique. Memoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 3:3-20.

Kukalová-Peck, J. and E. S. Richardson, jr. 1983. New Homoiopteridae (Insecta: Palaeodictyoptera) with wing articulation from Upper Carboniferous strata of Mazon Creek, Illinois. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61(7):1670-1687.

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Scientific Name Homoioptera (Anthracentomon) latipenne
Reference From Handlirsch, A. 1904. Les Insectes houillers de la Belgique. Memoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 3:3-20.
Specimen Condition Fossil
Body Part fossilized wing
Scientific Name Homoioptera (Anthracentomon) latipenne
Comments Drawing of the specimen with conserved veins shown as solid lines, reconstructed veins shown as stippled lines.
Reference From Handlirsch, A. 1904. Les Insectes houillers de la Belgique. Memoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 3:3-20.
Specimen Condition Fossil
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