| Palaeontinidae Temporal range: Late Triassic-Early Cretaceous
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| Synapocossus sciacchitanoae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Cicadomorpha |
| Superfamily: | †Palaeontinoidea |
| Family: | †Palaeontinidae Handlirsch, 1906 |
| Type genus | |
| †Palaeontina Butler, 1873
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| Synonyms | |
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†CicadomorphidaeEvans, 1956 | |
Palaeontinidae, commonly known as giant cicadas, is an extinct family of cicadomorphs. They existed from the Late Triassic to the Early Cretaceous. The family contains around 30 to 40 genera and around a hundred species.[1]
- ^ "Family Palaeontinidae". The EDNA Fossil Insect Database. Retrieved July 16, 2011.