Evolution of Insects
| The Insect Evolutionary Series | |||||
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| Appearance | Taxa | Relationships | Status | Description | Image |
| 400 Ma |
Genus:
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The world’s oldest known insect. |
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| 400 Ma |
Genus:
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Early springtail. |
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| 300 Ma |
Genus:
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An ancestral to cockroaches, mantids and termites. |
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| 316.5 Ma |
Genus:
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A primitive cockroach. |
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| 140 Ma |
Genus:
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The earliest known Lepidopteran. |
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| 92 Ma |
Genus:
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The oldest known species of bee. |
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| 80 Ma |
Genus:
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The earliest known species of ant. |
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| 56 - 34 Ma |
Genus:
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First leaf insect from the fossil record. | |||
Read more about this topic: List Of Transitional Fossils
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