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Vulcagrion propedemontanum

Insecta - Odonata - Megapodagrionidae

Taxonomy
Diplax propedemontana was named by Piton (1935). Its type specimen is MNHN-LP-B.47301, a wing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lac Chambon (Piton coll), which is in a Gelasian crater lake diatomite/volcaniclastic in France.

It was recombined as Vulcagrion propedamontanum by Nel and Paicheler (1993); it was recombined as Vulcagrion propedemontanum by Nel and Paicheler (1994), Nel et al. (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Diplax propedemontana Piton p. 171 fig. 5
1935Diplax propedemontana Piton and Théobald p. 70 figs. Pl 1, fig 4
1993Vulcagrion propedamontanum Nel and Paicheler p. 168
1994Vulcagrion propedemontanum Nel and Paicheler
1996Vulcagrion propedemontanum Nel et al. p. 195 figs. 3.2, 3.3

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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
RankNameAuthor
Euhydropalaeoptera
OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
Palaeodonatoptera
Plesiodonatoptera
Apodonatoptera
Paneodonatoptera
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
Euzygoptera
Coenagriomorpha
familyMegapodagrionidae()
genusVulcagrion
speciespropedemontanum()

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.

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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: Gelasian or 2.58000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8France Diplax propedemontana (type locality: 113996) Vulcagrion propedemontanum (114059)