Zdenekia

Zdenekia
Temporal range: Upper Carboniferous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Paoliida
Family: Paoliidae
Genus: Zdenekia
Kukalová, 1958

Zdenekia is a genus of prehistoric winged insect. It contains the species Z. grandis from the Czech Republic,[1] Z. occidentalis from Belgium,[1] and Z. silesiensis from Poland.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Jakub Prokop & André Nel (2007). "An enigmatic Palaeozoic stem-group: Paoliida, designation of new taxa from the Upper Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (Insecta: Paoliidae, Katerinkidae fam. n.)" (PDF). African Invertebrates 48 (1): 77–86. http://fossilinsects.net/pdfs/Hproko77_86.pdf. 
  2. ^ Jakub Prokop, Wiesław Krzemiński, Ewa Krzemińska & Dariusz Wojciechowski (in press). "Paoliida, a putative stem-group of winged insects: morphology of new taxa from the Upper Carboniferous of Poland" (PDF proof). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0064. http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20100064_acc.pdf.