Proraphidia

Pro-rah-fid-e-ah.
By Liam Carter
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Liam Carter

Paleoanthropologist

Liam Carter explores the roots of humanity by studying early human fossils and artifacts. His ground-breaking work has provided a deeper understanding of our ancestors' lifestyles and social structures.

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Carter, L. (2012, April 2). Proraphidia. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/proraphidia/

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Name

Proraphidia ‭(‬before Raphidia‭)‬.

Phonetic

Pro-rah-fid-e-ah.

Named By

O.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Martynova -‭ ‬1947.

Classification

Arthropoda,‭ ‬Insecta,‭ ‬Raphidioptera,‭ ‬Mesoraphidiidae.

Diet

Insectivore.

Species

P.‭ ‬turkestanica‭

Size

Forewings up to‭ ‬13‭ ‬millimetres long.

Known locations

England‭ ‬-‭ ‬Lower Weald Clay Formation.‭ ‬Kazakstan‭ ‬-‭ ‬Karabastau Formation.‭ ‬Spain.

Time Period

Callovian of the Jurassic through to Barremian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Several individuals.‭

In Depth

       Proraphidia is a genus of snakefly that lived during the Mesozoic.‭ ‬The first specimen discovered in Kazakstan was determined to come‭ ‬from‭ ‬a deposit Mid Jurassic in age,‭ ‬but later discoveries in England and Spain have revealed that the Proraphidia genus survived all the way to the Early Cretaceous.‭ ‬As a snakefly Proraphidia would have been a predator of other small insects.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Dve novykh verblyudki‭ (‬Raphidioptera‭) ‬iz Yurskikh slantsev Kara-Tau.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR‭ ‬56‭(‬6‭)‬:635-637.‭ ‬-‭ ‬O.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Martynova‭ ‬-‭ ‬1947. -‭ ‬Two new species of snakefly‭ (‬Insecta:‭ ‬Raphidioptera‭) ‬from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Spain with a review of other fossil raphidiopterans from the Jurassic/Cretaceous transition.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Alavesia‭ ‬2:193-201.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Jepson‭ & ‬E.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Jarzembowski‭ ‬-‭ ‬2008.

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