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Thaumatoneuridae

Insecta - Odonata - Thaumatoneuridae

Taxonomy
Thaumatoneurinae was named by Tillyard and Fraser (1938). It is extant.

It was reranked as the family Thaumatoneuridae by Bechly (2007), Bechly (2010) and Nel and Fleck (2014).

It was assigned to Pseudolestidae by Nel and Paicheler (1994); to Caloptera by Wappler (2003); to Dysagrionidae by Rust et al. (2008); to Zygoptera by Bechly (2010); and to Amphipterygoidea by Bechly (2007) and Nel and Fleck (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Thaumatoneurinae Tillyard and Fraser
1994Thaumatoneurinae Nel and Paicheler
2003Thaumatoneurinae Wappler
2007Thaumatoneuridae Bechly
2008Thaumatoneurinae Rust et al. p. 709
2010Thaumatoneuridae Bechly p. 13
2014Thaumatoneuridae Nel and Fleck p. 295

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
RankNameAuthor
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
—CalopteraBelyshev and Haritonov 1983
—Eucaloptera
—Amphipterygida
superfamilyAmphipterygoideaTillyard 1917
familyThaumatoneuridae(Tillyard and Fraser 1938)
familyThaumatoneuridae(Tillyard and Fraser 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.

Fm. Thaumatoneuridae Tillyard and Fraser 1938
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Subfm. †Eodysagrioninae Rust et al. 2008
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G. †Eodysagrion Rust et al. 2008
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†Eodysagrion mikkelseni Rust et al. 2008
G. †Oreodysagrion Bechly et al. 2020
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†Oreodysagrion tenebris Bechly et al. 2020
G. †Tynskysagrion Bechly et al. 2020
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†Tynskysagrion brookeae Bechly et al. 2020
G. †Eothaumatoneura Pongrácz 1935
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†Eothaumatoneura ptychoptera Pongrácz 1935
Subfm. †Euarchistigmatinae Carle and Wighton 1990
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G. †Euarchistigma Carle and Wighton 1990
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†Euarchistigma atrophium Carle and Wighton 1990
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 Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Bridgerian or 122.46000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Euarchistigma atrophium (122352 122925) Euarchistigma marialuiseae (122919 122922) Euarchistigma marialuiseae, Euarchistigma atrophium (122921) Euarchistigma peterknobli (122557) Euarchistigma peterknobli, Euarchistigma atrophium (122918)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Denmark Eodysagrion mikkelseni (127172)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Tynskysagrion brookeae (221181 221182)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Oreodysagrion tenebris (132370)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Eothaumatoneura ptychoptera (155693)