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506 / Paleozoic
Lithoneura
Lithoneura lameerei
Four broad net-veined wings belonged to the completely vanished palaeodictyopterans.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 305 million years ago
- Final stage
- Late Carboniferous
- Geographic range
- Airspace above coal swamps · France
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Lithoneura?
Lithoneura (Lithoneura lameerei) was an extinct organism known from About 305 million years ago, with a range in Airspace above coal swamps · France.
Life and ecology
It probably flew among fern and lycopsid crowns and pierced plants for fluids.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Lithoneura disappear?
Late Paleozoic plant, climate and insect turnover is possible context; the cause of the lineage's disappearance is not established.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Lithoneura?
Commentry impressions constrain venation and body form; color and behavior follow relatives.
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