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Aeschnidiopsis flindersiensis

Insecta - Odonata - Aeschnidiidae

Taxonomy
Aeschna flindersiensis was named by Woodward (1884). It is an impression. Its type locality is Flinders River, which is in an Aptian carbonate lime mudstone in the Walumbilla Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Aeschnidium flindersiense by Handlirsch (1907); it was recombined as Aeschnidiopsis flindersiensis by Tillyard (1918), Riek (1954) and Nel and Martínez-Delclòs (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Aeschna flindersiensis Woodward p. 339 figs. Pl 11, fig 1
1890Aeschna flindersiensis Kirby p. 173
1907Aeschnidium flindersiense Handlirsch p. 667
1918Aeschnidiopsis flindersiensis Tillyard
1954Aeschnidiopsis flindersiensis Riek p. 61
1993Aeschnidiopsis flindersiensis Nel and Martínez-Delclòs p. 47

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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
Plesiodonatoptera
Apodonatoptera
Paneodonatoptera
RankNameAuthor
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
Epiproctophora
EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
Anisopteromorpha
Trigonoptera
Pananisoptera
NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
familyAeschnidiidae
genusAeschnidiopsis
speciesflindersiensis()

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.

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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: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Australia (Queensland) Aeschna flindersiensis (type locality: 106404)