Baissoptera is an extinct genus of snakefly in the Baissopteridae family which was described by Martynova in 1961. Since 1961, it has been described three times; Carpenter in 1992, Ponomarenko in 1988 and Engel in 2002. According to J. Jepson et al. in 2011, the parent taxon is Baissopteridae.[1][2] Fossils of the species have been found in Brazil, China, Spain and Russia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Raphidioptera |
| Family: | †Baissopteridae |
| Genus: | †Baissoptera Martynova, 1961 |
Species edit
Baissoptera includes 14 species:
- †Baissoptera bicolor Lyu, Ren & Liu, 2017[3]
- †Baissoptera brasiliensis Oswald, 1990[4]
- †Baissoptera cellulosa Ponomarenko, 1993[5]
- †Baissoptera cretaceoelectra Pérez-de la Fuente et al., 2012[6]
- †Baissoptera elongata Ponomarenko, 1993[7]
- †Baissoptera euneura Ren, 1997[8]
- †Baissoptera grandis Ren, 1995[9]
- †Baissoptera liaoningensis Ren, 1994[10]
- †Baissoptera lisae Jepson et al., 2011[11]
- †Baissoptera martinsoni Martynova, 1961[12]
- †Baissoptera minima Ponomarenko, 1993[13]
- †Baissoptera pulchra Martins-Neto & Nel, 1992[14]
- †Baissoptera sibirica Ponomarenko, 1993[15]
- †Baissoptera sinica Lyu, Ren & Liu, 2017[3]
References edit
- ^ a b "†Baissoptera: Martynova, 1961 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ O. M. Martynova (1961). "Sovremennye i vymershie verblyudki (Insecta, Raphidioptera)" [Recent and extinct snakeflies (Insecta, Raphidioptera)]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal (in Russian). 1961 (3): 73–83.
- ^ a b Ya-nan Lyu; Dong Ren; Xingyue Liu (2017). "Systematic revision of the fossil snakefly family Baissopteridae (Insecta: Raphidioptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of China, with description of a new genus and three new species". Cretaceous Research. 80: 13–26. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.08.004.
- ^ "†Baissoptera brasiliensis: Oswald, 1990 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "†Baissoptera cellulosa: Ponomarenko, 1993 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "†Baissoptera cretaceoelectra: Pérez-de la Fuente et al., 2012 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "†Baissoptera elongata: Ponomarenko, 1993 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "†Baissoptera euneura: Ren, 1997 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "†Baissoptera grandis: Ren, 1995 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "†Baissoptera liaoningensis: Ren, 1994 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "†Baissoptera lisae: Jepson et al., 2011 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "†Baissoptera martinsoni: Martynova, 1961 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "†Baissoptera minima: Ponomarenko, 1993 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "†Baissoptera pulchra: Martins-Neto and Nel, 1992 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "†Baissoptera sibirica: Ponomarenko, 1993 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
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