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Lestinoidea

Insecta - Odonata

Taxonomy
Lestinoidea was named by Calvert (1901). It is extant.

It was assigned to Zygoptera by Fischer (1974); and to Eulestiformia by Petrulevičius and Nel (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Lestinoidea Calvert p. 45
1974Lestinoidea Fischer p. 211
2004Lestinoidea Petrulevičius and Nel p. 798

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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
RankNameAuthor
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
—Euzygoptera
—Lestomorpha
—Lestiformia
—Eulestiformia
superfamilyLestinoidea
superfamilyLestinoidea

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.

Superfm. Lestinoidea Calvert 1901
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Fm. †Menatlestidae Nel and Jouault 2022
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G. †Menatlestes Nel and Jouault 2022
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†Menatlestes palaeocenicus Nel and Jouault 2022
Fm. †Priscalestidae Wappler and Petrulevičius 2007
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G. †Priscalestes Wappler and Petrulevičius 2007
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†Priscalestes germanica Wappler and Petrulevičius 2007
G. †Promegalestes Petrulevičius and Nel 2004
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†Promegalestes singularis Petrulevičius and Nel 2004
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 Selandian to the top of the Priabonian or 61.66000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24France (Auvergne) Menatlestes palaeocenicus (123463)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Argentina (Jujuy) Promegalestes singularis (106995)
MP 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) Lestinoidea indet., Priscalestes germanica (138912)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Lestinoidea indet. specimen 8 (123911)