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Cratopetalura petruleviciusi

Insecta - Odonata - Cretapetaluridae

Taxonomy
Cratopetalura petruleviciusi was named by Nel and Bechly (2009). Its type specimen is WDC CCFB-5, a hindwing (complete hindwing), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crato (WDC collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Cratopetalura.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2011-01-22; modified by M. Clapham on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Cratopetalura petruleviciusi Nel and Bechly p. 282 figs. 1-2
2010Cratopetalura petruleviciusi Bechly p. 32 figs. 35-37

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
RankNameAuthor
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
—Anisopteromorpha
—Trigonoptera
—Pananisoptera
—NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
suborderAnisopteraSelys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
—PetaluridaBechly 1996
—Petalurodea
familyCretapetaluridae
genusCratopetalura
speciespetruleviciusi

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.

†Cratopetalura petruleviciusi Nel and Bechly 2009
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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 Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Cratopetalura petruleviciusi (122557 type locality: 122918)