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Triassothemis mendozensis

Insecta - Odonata - Triassolestidae

Taxonomy
Triassothemis mendozensis was named by Carpenter (1960). Its type specimen is MACN 18040, a wing (apical half of wing), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Agua de las Avispas, Cerro Cachueta, which is in a Carnian fluvial shale in the Potrerillos Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Triassothemis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Triassothemis mendozensis Carpenter pp. 71-75 figs. 1A, B; Pl 9
1991Triassothemis mendozensis Fujiyama p. 52
1997Triassothemis mendozensis Bechly
2002Triassothemis mendozensis Nel et al. p. 198
2003Triassothemis mendozensis Martins-Neto et al. pp. 233, 234 figs. 2G-H

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—IsophlebiopteraBechly 1996
familyTriassolestidaeTillyard 1918
genusTriassothemis
speciesmendozensis

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.

†Triassothemis mendozensis Carpenter 1960
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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: Carnian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Argentina Triassothemis mendozensis (type locality: 123008)