Palaeodictyoptera

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Palaeodictyoptera is an order of insects. There are 223 species of Palaeodictyoptera, in 113 genera and 29 families. This order has been around since the serpukhovian age. It includes groups like Elmoboriidae, Straeleniellidae, and Homothetidae.

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EOL has data for 6 attributes, including:

first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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326.4 million years ago
number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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354
visual system
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002104
- Definition: The sensory system subserving the sense of vision.
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ocelli
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001758
- Definition: small simple eyes, found in many invertebrates, usually consisting of a few sensory cells and a single lens
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Palaeodictyoptera. View this species on GBIF

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Palaeodictyoptera includes 16 children: