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Litheuphaea carpenteri

Insecta - Odonata - Euphaeidae

Taxonomy
Litheuphaea carpenteri was named by Fraser (1955). Its type specimen is MCZ 4895ab, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Russell Creek, Goshen, which is in a Rupelian terrestrial mudstone in the Fisher Formation of Oregon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Litheuphaea carpenteri Fraser p. 43 fig. 1
1993Litheuphaea carpenteri Nel and Paicheler p. 385
1998Litheuphaea carpenteri Bechly p. 42 fig. 9
2021Litheuphaea carpenteri Archibald and Cannings

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
—CalopteraBelyshev and Haritonov 1983
—Eucaloptera
—Calopterygomorpha
superfamilyCalopterygoidea
familyEuphaeidae(Jacobson and Bianchi 1905)
subfamilyEodichromatinae()
tribeLitheuphaeiniBechly 1996
genusLitheuphaea
speciescarpenteri

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.

†Litheuphaea carpenteri Fraser 1955
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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: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Oregon) Litheuphaea carpenteri (type locality: 97603)