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Paskov Lower Carboniferous wing fragment

A part and counterpart preserve enough venation to identify a winged-insect record near 324 Ma.

Represented range325–323 Ma
RegionsPaskov Mine drill core, Upper Silesian Basin, Czech Republic
CladesPterygota · Archaeorthoptera

Claim ledger

fossil-range · medium

A crushed forewing part and counterpart from the lowermost Namurian Paskov drill core preserve cross-veins and main-vein branches attributed to Archaeorthoptera at about 324 Ma; the fragment does not date the origin of insect flight or all Pterygota.

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References

  1. Discovery of the oldest known Pterygota in the Lower Carboniferous of the Upper Silesian Basin in the Czech Republic (Insecta: Archaeorthoptera)Prokop, J.; Nel, A.; Hoch, I. · 2005 · DOI 10.1016/j.geobios.2003.11.006
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