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Gomphaeschna
Taxonomy
Gomphaeschna was named by Selys (1871). It is extant. It is the type genus of Gomphaeschninae, Gomphaeschnidae.
It was assigned to Aeshnidae by Carpenter (1992); to Gomphaeschnini by Nel et al. (1994); to Gomphaeschnidae by Madsen and Nel (1997); and to Gomphaeschninae by Pritykina (1977), Lewis (1988), Bechly et al. (2001), Schädel and Lechner (2017).
It was assigned to Aeshnidae by Carpenter (1992); to Gomphaeschnini by Nel et al. (1994); to Gomphaeschnidae by Madsen and Nel (1997); and to Gomphaeschninae by Pritykina (1977), Lewis (1988), Bechly et al. (2001), Schädel and Lechner (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1871 | Gomphaeschna Selys |
| 1977 | Gomphaeschna Pritykina p. 87 |
| 1988 | Gomphaeschna Lewis p. 2 |
| 1992 | Gomphaeschna Carpenter p. 82 |
| 1994 | Gomphaeschna Nel et al. p. 177 |
| 1997 | Gomphaeschna Madsen and Nel p. 286 |
| 2001 | Gomphaeschna Bechly et al. p. 193 |
| 2017 | Gomphaeschna Schädel and Lechner p. 159 |
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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.
G. Gomphaeschna Selys 1871
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†Gomphaeschna carinthiae Schädel and Lechner 2017
†Gomphaeschna inferna Pritykina 1977
†Gomphaeschna miocenica Prokop and Nel 2002
†Gomphaeschna schrankii Lewis 1988
†Gomphaeschna sibirica Bechly et al. 2001
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barremian | Russian Federation (Chita) | G. sibirica (105968) | |
| Aptian | Russian Federation (Buryatia) | G. inferna (105536) | |
| Aptian | Mongolia | G. sibirica (103655) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (North Dakota) | G. schrankii (15000) | |
| MN 3 | Czechia | G. miocenica (105508) | |
| Badenian | Austria | G. carinthiae (184615) |