anthracoptilid

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noun

Any member of the extinct insect family Anthracoptilidae.

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nounanthracoptilid (plural anthracoptilids)

plural anthracoptilids

  1. biologyAny member of the extinct insect family Anthracoptilidae.
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    Given the controversial nature of anthracoptilids around both their taxonomic affinity and their possession of raptorial forelegs, we cannot confirm whether raptorial legs were already present in stem-mantis lineages or if it is a crown-mantis apomorphy that would have been a key acquisition for their diversification, after competitors had disappeared.

    2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Dictyoptera: Dating the Origin of Cockroaches, Praying Mantises and Termites with Molecular Data and Controlled Fossil Evidence”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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