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Mesuropetalidae

Insecta - Odonata - Mesuropetalidae

Taxonomy
Mesuropetalidae was named by Bechly (1996). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Anisoptera by Bechly (2010); and to Mesuropetaloidea by Bechly et al. (2001), Boudet et al. (2022).

Subtaxa
Aeschnopsis (syn. Cymatophlebiopsis, Cymatophlebiopsis, Aeschnopsis), Mesuropetala (syn. Morbaeschna), Paraeschnopsis, Sinomesuropetala
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2011-01-22; modified by J. Karr on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Mesuropetalidae Bechly
2001Mesuropetalidae Bechly et al. p. 20
2010Mesuropetalidae Bechly p. 35
2022Mesuropetalidae Boudet et al. p. 1268

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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
—Euanisoptera
—Aeshnoptera
superfamilyMesuropetaloideaBechly 1996
familyMesuropetalidaeBechly 1996
familyMesuropetalidaeBechly 1996

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.

Fm. †Mesuropetalidae Bechly 1996
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G. †Aeschnopsis Handlirsch 1939
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†Aeschnopsis jurassica Giebel 1856
†Aeschnopsis perampla Brodie 1845
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Invalid names: Cymatophlebiopsis pseudobubas Handlirsch 1939 [synonym]
†Aeschnopsis perkinsi Bechly et al. 2001
†Aeschnopsis tischlingeri Bechly et al. 2001
Invalid names: Aeschnopsis Cowley 1942 [objective synonym], Cymatophlebiopsis Handlirsch 1939 [synonym]
G. †Mesuropetala Handlirsch 1906
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†Mesuropetala auliensis Pritykina 1968
†Mesuropetala costalis Pritykina 1968
†Mesuropetala magna Bechly et al. 2001
†Mesuropetala muensteri Germar 1839
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Invalid names: Gomphus koehleri Hagen 1848 [synonym]
†Mesuropetala schmiedeli Giebel 1856
Invalid names: Morbaeschna Needham 1907 [synonym]
G. †Paraeschnopsis Bechly 2010
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G. †Sinomesuropetala Boudet et al. 2022
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†Sinomesuropetala daohugensis Boudet et al. 2022
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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 165.30000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Nei Mongol) Sinomesuropetala daohugensis (113371)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Kazakhstan Mesuropetala auliensis, Mesuropetala costalis (106101)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bavaria) Mesuropetala muensteri, Mesuropetala koehleri (123994) Mesuropetala muensteri, Protolindenia koehleri, Aeschnopsis perkinsi (122586)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Aeschna grandis (154305) Aeschna muensteri, Mesuropetala koehleri (123985) Aeschnopsis tischlingeri (105541) Mesuropetala koehleri (123144 139551) Mesuropetala muensteri (105797 131959 139548) Mesuropetalidae indet. (131851) Uropetala koehleri (123906 133578)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Aeschnopsis perampla (105539) Odonata indet. (127481)
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1United Kingdom (England) Lindeniinae indet. 2 (104008)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Russian Federation (Buryatia) Mesuropetala magna (105536)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Paraeschnopsis brasiliensis (122557)