Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Pseudotriassothemis nipponensis

Insecta - Odonata - Cyclothemistidae

Taxonomy
Triassothemis nipponensis was named by Fujiyama (1991). Its type specimen is MMHF-00007, a forewing (forewing), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Okubata, Omine Area, which is in a Carnian terrestrial shale in the Momonoki Formation of Japan. It is the type species of Pseudotriassothemis.

It was recombined as Pseudotriassothemis nipponensis by Bechly (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Triassothemis nipponensis Fujiyama p. 52
1997Pseudotriassothemis nipponensis Bechly

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
RankNameAuthor
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—IsophlebiopteraBechly 1996
—Parazygoptera
—Euparazygoptera
superfamilyTriassolestoideaTillyard 1918
familyCyclothemistidaeBechly 1996
subfamilyPseudotriassothemistinae
genusPseudotriassothemis
speciesnipponensis()

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.

show all | hide all
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 - 227.3Japan (Yamaguchi) Triassothemis nipponensis (type locality: 106482)