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Turanopteron pommerana

Insecta - Odonata - Asiopteridae

Taxonomy
Sphenophlebia pommerana was named by Ansorge (1996). Its type specimen is LGA 480, a forewing, and it is an impression.

It was recombined as Turanopteron pommerana by Bechly (1997), Huang and Nel (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Sphenophlebia pommerana Ansorge p. 18 figs. 8; Pl 2 fig 6
1997Turanopteron pommerana Bechly
2018Sphenophlebia pommerana Ansorge and Reich
2023Turanopteron pommerana Huang and Nel p. 27

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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
RankNameAuthor
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—IsophlebiopteraBechly 1996
—Parazygoptera
—Euparazygoptera
familyAsiopteridae
genusTuranopteron
speciespommerana()

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.

†Turanopteron pommerana Ansorge 1996
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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: Early/Lower Toarcian or 184.20000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Sphenophlebia pommerana (114993)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Germany Sphenophlebia pommerana (105428)