Palaeoptera
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
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Proper noun edit
Palaeoptera
- (probably paraphyletic) A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Pterygota – a probably polyphyletic group of winged insects not belonging to Neoptera.
Hypernyms edit
- (infraclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass
Hyponyms edit
- (infraclass): Ephemeroptera, Odonata - orders
- †Diaphanopterodea, †Geroptera, †Megasecoptera, †Palaeodictyoptera, †Permothemistida (= †Dicliptera), †Protodonata - extinct orders
References edit
Palaeoptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Palaeoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Pterygota on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Palaeoptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Palaeoptera at Encyclopedia of Life
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
