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Eolestes syntheticus

Insecta - Odonata - Eolestidae

Taxonomy
Eolestes synthetica was named by Cockerell (1940). Its type specimen is UCM 19170, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Roan Creek, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Eolestes, Eolestes.

It was corrected as Eolestes syntheticus by Nel and Paicheler (1994), Greenwalt and Bechly (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Eolestes synthetica Cockerell pp. 103-105 figs. Fig 55
1994Eolestes syntheticus Nel and Paicheler
2014Eolestes syntheticus Greenwalt and Bechly p. 140 figs. 1-4, 5A,B, 6A,B

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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
Palaeodonatoptera
RankNameAuthor
Plesiodonatoptera
Apodonatoptera
Paneodonatoptera
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
Euzygoptera
Lestomorpha
Lestiformia
Eulestiformia
Lestida
Lestodea
superfamilyLestoideaFraser 1957
familyEolestidae
genusEolestes
speciessyntheticus()

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.

Eolestes syntheticus Cockerell 1940
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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: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Colorado) Eolestes synthetica (type locality: 113959)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Montana) Eolestes syntheticus (117614)