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Valdaeshna surreyensis

Insecta - Odonata - Cymatophlebiidae

Taxonomy
Valdaeshna surreyensis was named by Jarzembowski (1988). Its type specimen is BMNH In. 64632, an exoskeleton (whole body), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Auclaye Brickworks (BMNH collection), which is in a Hauterivian lagoonal claystone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Valdaeshna surreyensis Jarzembowski p. 765
1994Valdaeshna surreyensis Nel et al. p. 176
2001Valdaeshna surreyensis Bechly et al. p. 123 fig. 77
2018Valdaeshna surreyensis Zheng et al. p. 313 figs. 2-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
RankNameAuthor
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
—Anisopteromorpha
—Trigonoptera
—Pananisoptera
—NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
suborderAnisopteraSelys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
—Euanisoptera
—Aeshnoptera
—Aeshnomorpha
—Panaeshnida
—Aeshnida
superfamilyCymatophlebioideaHandlirsch 1906
familyCymatophlebiidaeHandlirsch 1906
subfamilyValdaeshninae
genusValdaeshna
speciessurreyensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Valdaeshna surreyensis Jarzembowski 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitino
Form: roller-shapedo
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialo
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: insectivoreo
Vision: well-developedo
Dispersal: watero
Created: 2011-03-07 03:41:10
Modified: 2011-03-06 10:41:10
Source: o = order
Reference: Ren and Guo 1996

Age range: Late/Upper Hauterivian or 132.60000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77United Kingdom (Surrey) Valdaeshna surreyensis (type locality: 160653)