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Cretarchistigma

Insecta - Odonata

Taxonomy
Cretarchistigma was named by Jarzembowski et al. (1998). Its type is Cretarchistigma greenwoodi.

It was assigned to Euzygoptera by Bechly (1998).

Species
C. essweini, C. greenwoodi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Cretarchistigma Bechly p. 37
1998Cretarchistigma Jarzembowski et al. p. 404

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
RankNameAuthor
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
—Euzygoptera
genusCretarchistigma

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. †Cretarchistigma Jarzembowski et al. 1998
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†Cretarchistigma essweini Bechly 1998
†Cretarchistigma greenwoodi Jarzembowski et al. 1998
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 Late/Upper Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 136.40000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0United Kingdom (England) C. greenwoodi (106417 123451)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) C. greenwoodi (45193 118921)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) C. greenwoodi (123455)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) C. essweini (122556 122557 122919 122922 122925 122926)