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Hypolestinae

Insecta - Odonata - Hypolestidae

Taxonomy
Hypolestinae was named by Tillyard and Fraiser (1938). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pseudolestidae by Nel and Paicheler (1994); and to Hypolestidae by Bechly and Wichard (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Hypolestinae Tillyard and Fraiser
1994Hypolestinae Nel and Paicheler
2008Hypolestinae Bechly and Wichard p. 48

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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
RankNameAuthor
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
—CalopteraBelyshev and Haritonov 1983
—Eucaloptera
—Calopterygomorpha
superfamilyCalopterygoidea
familyHypolestidaeTillyard and Fraser 1938
subfamilyHypolestinaeTillyard and Fraiser 1938
subfamilyHypolestinaeTillyard and Fraiser 1938

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.

Subfm. Hypolestinae Tillyard and Fraiser 1938
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G. †Anglohypolestes Nel and Fleck 2014
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†Anglohypolestes fasciata Nel and Fleck 2014
Tr. Hypolestini Tillyard and Fraser 1938
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G. †Eohypolestes Nel and Fleck 2014
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†Eohypolestes hooleyi Nel and Fleck 2014
G. †Prohypolestes Nel and Paicheler 1994
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†Prohypolestes dauphinensis Nel and Paicheler 1994
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 Priabonian to the top of the Rupelian or 37.71000 to 27.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Hypolestini indet. specimen 12, Hypolestini indet. specimen 15 (123420) Hypolestini indet. specimen 13 (123770) Hypolestini indet. specimen 14 (120814) Hypolestini indet. specimen 16 (110735)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Anglohypolestes fasciata (21976) Eohypolestes hooleyi (123960)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3France (Alpes-de-Haute) Prohypolestes dauphinensis (114016)