Explore this animal in Size of Extinct Animals ↗
393 / Paleozoic
Archimylacris
Archimylacris eggintoni
A shield-like pronotum and flat wings mark an early cockroach-mantis relative.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 315–307 million years ago
- Final stage
- Late Carboniferous
- Geographic range
- Coal-forest litter · Britain
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Archimylacris?
Archimylacris (Archimylacris eggintoni) was an extinct organism known from About 315–307 million years ago, with a range in Coal-forest litter · Britain.
Life and ecology
It ran through bark and litter and probably ate detritus, spores and small animals.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Archimylacris disappear?
Rainforest fragmentation reorganized early dictyopteran lineages and is possible context; why this genus disappeared is not established.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Archimylacris?
Coal-measure nodules preserve the body, leg spines and wing venation.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Rewrote an extinction cause that presented environmental or faunal turnover as established; it is now given as context the record does not prove.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS