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Synlestidae (malachite)

Insecta - Odonata - Synlestidae

Taxonomy
Synlestidae was named by Tillyard (1917). It is extant.

It was assigned to Lestoidea by Nel and Paicheler (1994); and to Zygoptera by Vasilenko (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Synlestidae Tillyard
1960Chlorolestidae Fraser
1994Synlestidae Nel and Paicheler
2005Synlestidae Vasilenko

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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
—Euzygoptera
—Lestomorpha
—Lestiformia
—Eulestiformia
—Lestida
—Lestodea
superfamilyLestoideaFraser 1957
familySynlestidaeTillyard 1917
familySynlestidaeTillyard 1917

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.

Fm. Synlestidae Tillyard 1917 [malachite]
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G. †Albertalestes Jouault and Nel 2023
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†Albertalestes paskapooensis Jouault and Nel 2023
G. †Cretaphylolestes Huang et al. 2021
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†Cretaphylolestes cretacicus Huang et al. 2021
G. †Gaurimacia Vasilenko 2005
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†Gaurimacia sophiae Vasilenko 2005
G. †Inacayalestes Petrulevičius 2015
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†Inacayalestes aikunhuapi Petrulevičius 2015
G. †Madres Petrulevičius 2018
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†Madres delpueblo Petrulevičius 2018
G. Megalestes Selys 1862
G. †Palaeophylolestes Doriath-Döhler et al. 2023
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†Palaeophylolestes distinctus Doriath-Döhler et al. 2023
Invalid names: Chlorolestidae Fraser 1960 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Barremian to the top of the Priabonian or 129.40000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Zhejiang) Cretaphylolestes cretacicus (223262)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Russian Federation (Chita) Gaurimacia sophiae (113599)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Albertalestes paskapooensis (119839 232707)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2France (Auvergne) Palaeophylolestes distinctus (123463)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Argentina (Neuquén) Inacayalestes aikunhuapi (84702)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Argentina (Rio Negro) Madres delpueblo (157776)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Synlestidae indet. specimen 9 (123928)