Glosselytrodea

Glosselytrodea
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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Cohort: Polyneoptera
Order: Glosselytrodea
Martynov, 1938
Families

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Synonyms

Jurinida Zalessky, 1929

Glosselytrodea is an extinct order of insects, containing about thirty species. Its fossil record dates from the Permian to the Upper Jurassic, and is distributed across Eurasia, the Americas, and Australia. Its classification is uncertain, but may be closely related to Neuropterida or Polyneoptera (Orthopteroidea). While many details of their anatomy remain unclear, the wing venation of Permoberothidae resembles that of Neuropterida, whereas the wing venation of most other taxa is closer to that of orthopteroids (and thus Permoberothidae may not be closely related to the rest).