Tipulomorpha

The Tipulomorpha are an infraorder of Nematocera, containing the crane flies, a very large group, and allied families.

Crane flies and allies
Temporal range: Triassic–Present
Crane fly
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Tipulomorpha
Families

One recent classification based largely on fossils splits this group into a series of extinct superfamilies (below), and includes members of other infraorders, but this has not gained wide acceptance.

Extinct ranks

  • Superfamily Eopolyneuroidea
    • Family Eopolyneuridae - (Upper Triassic)
    • Family Musidoromimidae - (Upper Triassic)
  • Superfamily Tipulodictyoidea extinct
    • Family Tipulodictyidae - (Upper Triassic)
  • Superfamily Tanyderophryneoidea extinct
    • Family Tanyderophryneidae - (Middle Jurassic)
  • Superfamily Tipuloidea
    • Family Architipulidae extinct (Upper Triassic)-(Pan Jurassic)
    • Family Eolimnobiidae extinct (Lower Jurassic)
  • Superfamily Eoptychopteroidea extinct
    • Family Eoptychopteridae - (Lower Jurassic)
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