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Parelmoidae

Insecta - Diaphanopterodea - Parelmoidae

Taxonomy
Parelmoidae was named by Rohdendorf (1962). Its type is Parelmoa.

It was assigned to Diaphanopterodea by Carpenter (1992), Prokop and Nel (2011), Yang et al. (2024).

Subtaxa
Grandelmoa, Parelmoa (type genus), Permelmoa, Permuralia (syn. Uralia), Pseudelmoa, Sinoelmoa
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2011-09-25; modified by M. Clapham on 2014-09-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Parelmoidae Rohdendorf p. 71
1992Parelmoidae Carpenter p. 55
2011Parelmoidae Prokop and Nel p. 49
2024Parelmoidae Yang et al. p. 251

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
RankNameAuthor
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
—Megasecopteromorpha
orderDiaphanopterodea
familyParelmoidae
familyParelmoidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Parelmoidae Rohdendorf 1962
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G. †Grandelmoa Xu et al. 2025
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†Grandelmoa jingqii Xu et al. 2025
G. †Parelmoa Carpenter 1947
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†Parelmoa obtusa Carpenter 1947
†Parelmoa radialis Carpenter 1947
†Parelmoa revelata Carpenter 1947
G. †Permelmoa Prokop and Nel 2011
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†Permelmoa magnifica Prokop and Nel 2011
G. †Permuralia Sinitshekova and Kukalová-Peck 1997
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†Permuralia maculata Kukalová-Peck and Sinichenkova 1992
†Permuralia sharovi Kukalová-Peck and Sinichenkova 1992
Invalid names: Uralia Kukalová-Peck and Sinichenkova 1992 [replaced]
G. †Pseudelmoa Carpenter 1947
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†Pseudelmoa ampla Carpenter 1947
G. †Sinoelmoa Yang et al. 2024
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†Sinoelmoa yangquanensis Yang et al. 2024
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Kungurian or 298.90000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52China (Shanxi) Grandelmoa jingqii (275657) Sinoelmoa yangquanensis (235985)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3France (Languedoc) Permelmoa magnifica (105044)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Oklahoma) Parelmoa radialis (104822) Parelmoa revelata, Parelmoa radialis, Parelmoa obtusa, Pseudelmoa ampla (104824)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation (Suksun) Uralia maculata, Uralia sharovi (108206)