Palaeoptera

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Etymology

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Proper noun

Palaeoptera

(probably paraphyletic) A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Pterygota – many winged insects.

Hypernyms

(infraclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass

Hyponyms

(infraclass): Ephemeroptera, Odonata - orders
- †Diaphanopterodea, †Geroptera, †Megasecoptera, †Palaeodictyoptera, †Permothemistida (= †Dicliptera), †Protodonata - extinct orders

References

Palaeoptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Palaeoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Palaeoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Palaeoptera on 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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