Alienopteridae Temporal range:
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Generic reconstruction of an alienopterid adult | |
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Aethiocarenus, an alienopterid nymph | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Superfamily: | †Umenocoleoidea |
Family: | †Alienopteridae Bai et al, 2016 |
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†Alienopterus Bai et al, 2016
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Alienopteridae is an extinct family of dictyopterans, known from the Early Cretaceous to the Eocene epoch. They are noted for their unusual combination of features not found in other dictyopterans.