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Tipulomorpha

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Kingdom
  
Suborder
  
Higher classification
  
Phylum
  
Scientific name
  
Tipulomorpha

Rank
  
Infraorder

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Lower classifications
  
Crane fly, Tipuloidea

The Tipulomorpha are an infraorder of Nematocera, containing the crane flies, a very large group, and allied families.

One recent classification based largely on fossils splits this group into a series of extinct superfamilies (below), and includes members of other infraorders, but this has not gained wide acceptance.

Extinct ranks

  • Superfamily Eopolyneuroidea
  • Family Eopolyneuridae - (Upper Triassic)
  • Family Musidoromimidae - (Upper Triassic)
  • Superfamily Tipulodictyoidea extinct
  • Family Tipulodictyidae - (Upper Triassic)
  • Superfamily Tanyderophryneoidea extinct
  • Family Tanyderophryneidae - (Middle Jurassic)
  • Superfamily Tipuloidea
  • Family Architipulidae extinct (Upper Triassic)-(Pan Jurassic)
  • Family Eolimnobiidae extinct (Lower Jurassic)
  • Superfamily Eoptychopteroidea extinct
  • Family Eoptychopteridae - (Lower Jurassic)
  • References

    Tipulomorpha Wikipedia


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