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Misofaeschnidium densum

Insecta - Odonata - Aeschnidiidae

Taxonomy
Libellula densa was named by Hagen (1862). Its type specimen is BSPG I.1032, an exoskeleton, 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 was recombined as Estemoa densa by Deichmüller (1886); it was recombined as Aeschnidium densum by Kirby (1890), Handlirsch (1906), Ponomarenko (1985), Nel and Martínez-Delclòs (1993), Schweigert et al. (1996); it was recombined as Misofaeschnidium densum by Fleck and Nel (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Libellula densa Hagen p. 107
1886Estemoa densa Deichmüller pp. 34-35 figs. pl. 3 fig. 4
1890Aeschnidium densum Kirby p. 165
1906Aeschnidium densum Handlirsch p. 594 figs. Pl XLVII fig 16, 17
1985Aeschnidium densum Ponomarenko p. 136
1993Aeschnidium densum Nel and Martínez-Delclòs p. 37 figs. 25-28
1996Aeschnidium densum Schweigert et al. p. 5 fig. 4
2003Misofaeschnidium densum Fleck and Nel p. 25

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
—Anisopteromorpha
—Trigonoptera
—Pananisoptera
—NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
familyAeschnidiidae
genusMisofaeschnidium
speciesdensum(Hagen 1862)

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: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 152.21000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Swabian Alb) Misofaeschnidium densum (106402)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Aeschnidium densum (123144) Estemoa densa (133578) Libellula densa (type locality: 123985)