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392 / Paleozoic
Homoioptera
Homoioptera woodwardi
Thoracic winglets accompanied four large wings in an extinct flight architecture.
- Time range
- About 310 million years ago
- Final stage
- Late Carboniferous
- Geographic range
- Coal forest · Europe
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Homoioptera?
Homoioptera (Homoioptera woodwardi) was an extinct organism known from About 310 million years ago, with a range in Coal forest · Europe.
Life and ecology
This palaeodictyopteran pierced plants for sap and moved through fern-like foliage.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Homoioptera disappear?
The order vanished by the end of the Permian.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Homoioptera?
Compression fossils preserve wing venation, the beak and thoracic lobes.
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?
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS