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Urogomphus giganteus

Insecta - Odonata - Aeschnidiidae

Taxonomy
Aeschna gigantea was named by Germar (1839). Its type specimen is BSPGM AS VII 791, an exoskeleton (complete female), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Urogomphus.

It was recombined as Anax giganteus by Hagen (1848), Hagen (1850); it was recombined as Anax gigantea by Hagen (1862); it was recombined as Estemoa gigantea by Deichmüller (1886); it was recombined as Aeschnidium giganteum by Kirby (1890); it was considered a nomen dubium by Nel and Martínez-Delclòs (1993); it was recombined as Urogomphus giganteus by Handlirsch (1906), Carpenter (1932), Schweigert et al. (1996), Bechly (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Aeschna gigantea Germar p. 216 figs. Pl 23, figs 13,14
1848Anax giganteus Hagen p. 10
1850Anax giganteus Hagen p. 361
1862Petalura eximia Hagen p. 107
1862Petalura latialata Hagen p. 107
1862Anax gigantea Hagen p. 142
1886Estemoa gigantea Deichmüller p. 35 figs. pl. 3 fig. 1-3
1890Aeschnidium giganteum Kirby p. 165
1906Urogomphus eximius Handlirsch p. 595
1906Urogomphus giganteus Handlirsch p. 595 figs. pl. 47 fig. 18
1932Urogomphus giganteus Carpenter p. 108 fig. 4
1996Urogomphus giganteus Schweigert et al. p. 6 fig. 5,6
1998Urogomphus giganteus Bechly p. 4
1998Urogomphus eximius Bechly p. 17

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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
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
—Anisopteromorpha
—Trigonoptera
—Pananisoptera
—NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
familyAeschnidiidae
genusUrogomphus
speciesgiganteus()

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.

†Urogomphus giganteus Germar 1839
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Invalid names: Petalura eximia Hagen 1862 [synonym], Petalura latialata Hagen 1862 [objective synonym]
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: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany Urogomphus eximius, Urogomphus giganteus (122880) Urogomphus giganteus (151861 151862)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Aeschna gigantea, Petalura eximia (type locality: 123985) Urogomphus eximius (117531) Urogomphus giganteus (105798 122730 131959 139551)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bavaria) Urogomphus giganteus (122586 123994 139876)