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Mersituria ludmilae

Insecta - Odonata - Hemiphlebiidae

Taxonomy
Mersituria ludmilae was named by Vasilenko (2005). Its type specimen is PIN 4626/462, a wing (wing missing basal portion), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Chernovskie Kopi; Outcrop 9 bed 1 (PIN collection 4626), which is in a Barremian lacustrine claystone in the Doronino Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Mersituria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Mersituria ludmilae Vasilenko p. 283 figs. Pl 5 fig 2

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
—Euzygoptera
—Lestomorpha
familyHemiphlebiidaeTillyard 1926
genusMersituria
speciesludmilae

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.

†Mersituria ludmilae Vasilenko 2005
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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: Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Russian Federation (Chita) Mersituria ludmilae (type locality: 113599)