ELMO FOSSIL vs EXTANT INSECT Diversity:
The following pie charts show the relative distribution of species in the Elmo and the extant North American fauanas, respectively, in major groups: Apterygota; Pterygota: Palaeoptera; Pterygota: Neoptera: Exopterygota; and Pterygota: Neoptera: Endopterygota. Note how much greater the number of species in the latter category has become in the existing insect fauna. The Permian was a time of great diversification and evolution of the insects.
Return to top of page - Return to "windsofkansas" Home Page - Return to Elmo Site Page
The Grassland Biome - Biomechanics - Great Plains Biodiversity - Insects - Fossil Insects - World Biodiversity - Personal Info