page_title: Palaeontinidae
section_title: Distribution and geologic time range
hierarchical_section_title: Palaeontinidae / Distribution and geologic time range
caption_attribution_description: English: Paleogeographic representation of the Earth during the Late Jurassic showing the approximate locations of some palaeontinid fossil sites. 1 - Crato Formation, Brazil; 2 - Serra del Montsec, Spain; 3 - Baissa, Transbaikalia; and 4 - Yixian Formation, China.
context_page_description: Palaeontinidae, commonly known as giant cicadas, is an extinct family of cicadomorphs. They existed during the Mesozoic era of Europe, Asia, and South America. The family contains around 30 to 40 genera and around a hundred species.
context_section_description: Palaeontinids first appeared during the Rhaetian age of the Upper Triassic and became extinct during the Early Aptian age of the Lower Cretaceous (203.6 to 112.0 million years ago). They achieved their greatest diversity during the Jurassic period.
  The earliest palaeontinid discovered, is the poorly known genus Asiocossus, based on a forewing fragment recovered from the Upper Triassic of Kyrgyzstan. Palaeontinid fossils are abundant in Eurasia and South America. Fossils have been recorded in Brazil, China, Russia, Germany, the Transbaikal region, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Important localities for palaeontinid fossils include the Crato Formation Lagerstätte of Brazil and the Yixian Formation, Haifanggou (or Jiulongshan) Formation, and the Daohugou Beds of China.
caption: Paleogeographic representation of the Earth during the Early Cretaceous showing the approximate locations of some palaeontinid fossil sites. 1 - Crato Formation, Brazil; 2 - Serra del Montsec, Spain; 3 - Baissa, Transbaikalia; and 4 - Yixian Formation, China.[7]
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