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395 / Paleozoic
Qilianiblatta
Qilianiblatta namurensis
Its wing venation pushes the cockroach-like pattern deep into the Carboniferous.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 320 million years ago
- Final stage
- Early Carboniferous
- Geographic range
- Humid lowland forest · Northwestern China
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Qilianiblatta?
Qilianiblatta (Qilianiblatta namurensis) was an extinct organism known from About 320 million years ago, with a range in Humid lowland forest · Northwestern China.
Life and ecology
This stem-dictyopteran probably ate detritus and plant matter among early swamp vegetation.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Qilianiblatta disappear?
Dictyopterans later diversified, but a younger fauna does not by itself show that they replaced this early wing form.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Qilianiblatta?
A forewing impression carries the diagnostic evidence; the body is conservatively reconstructed.
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