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Stenolestes ronzonense

Insecta - Odonata - Sieblosiidae

Taxonomy
Megasemum ronzonense was named by Maneval (1936). Its type specimen is MNHN-LP-B.21292, a wing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Ronzon, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial lime mudstone in France.

It was recombined as Stenolestes ronzonense by Nel and Papazian (1986), Nel (1986), Nel and Paicheler (1994), Archibald et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Megasemum ronzonense Aymard p. 234
1936Megasemum ronzonense Maneval p. 28 figs. 1.1-1.6
1937Megasemum ronzonense Theobald p. 431 figs. Pl XX fig 10
1986Stenolestes ronzonense Nel p. 448
1986Stenolestes ronzonense Nel and Papazian p. 232
1994Stenolestes ronzonense Nel and Paicheler
2021Stenolestes ronzonense Archibald et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
familySieblosiidae
genusStenolestes
speciesronzonense()

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.

†Stenolestes ronzonense Maneval 1936
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Invalid names: Megasemum ronzonense Aymard 1856 [replaced]
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 Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Auvergne Region) Megasemum ronzonense (type locality: 31767)