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Oreopteron

Insecta - Odonata - Asiopteridae

Taxonomy
Oreopteron was named by Pritykina (1968). Its type is Oreopteron asiaticum. It is the type genus of Oreopteridae.

It was assigned to Oreopteridae by Carpenter (1992) and Nel et al. (1993); and to Asiopteridae by Bechly (1997).

Species
O. asiaticum (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Oreopteron Pritykina p. 29
1992Oreopteron Carpenter p. 76
1993Oreopteron Nel et al.
1997Oreopteron Bechly

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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
RankNameAuthor
Apodonatoptera
Paneodonatoptera
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
Epiproctophora
IsophlebiopteraBechly 1996
Parazygoptera
Euparazygoptera
familyAsiopteridae
genusOreopteron

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. †Oreopteron Pritykina 1968
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Oreopteron asiaticum Pritykina 1968
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 Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 166.10000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) O. asiaticum (105971)