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391 / Paleozoic
Bojophlebia
Bojophlebia prokopi
Huge triangular wings and long tail filaments belonged to a giant mayfly relative.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 314 million years ago
- Final stage
- Late Carboniferous
- Geographic range
- Rivers and coal forest · Czech Republic
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Bojophlebia?
Bojophlebia (Bojophlebia prokopi) was an extinct organism known from About 314 million years ago, with a range in Rivers and coal forest · Czech Republic.
Life and ecology
Short-lived adults probably bred over water while aquatic nymphs developed below.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Bojophlebia disappear?
Carboniferous changes in drainage, oxygen and insect faunas are possible context; a specific cause is not established.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Bojophlebia?
Large wing and body impressions preserve venation and caudal filaments.
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