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Litheuphaea coloradensis

Insecta - Odonata - Euphaeidae

Taxonomy
Litheuphaea coloradensis was named by Petrulevičius et al. (2007). Its type specimen is BMNH Pl II 562, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Douglas Pass, Radar Dome (BMNH collection), which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Litheuphaea coloradensis Petrulevičius et al. p. 21 figs. Pl. 4
2020Litheuphaea coloradensis Bechly et al. p. 1382 fig. 7
2021Litheuphaea coloradensis Archibald and Cannings

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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
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
—CalopteraBelyshev and Haritonov 1983
—Eucaloptera
—Calopterygomorpha
superfamilyCalopterygoidea
familyEuphaeidae(Jacobson and Bianchi 1905)
subfamilyEodichromatinae()
tribeLitheuphaeiniBechly 1996
genusLitheuphaea
speciescoloradensis

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.

†Litheuphaea coloradensis Petrulevičius et al. 2007
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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Colorado) Litheuphaea coloradensis (type locality: 107336 221178)