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Euepiproctophora

Insecta - Odonata

Taxonomy
Euepiproctophora was named by Bechly (1998). It is extant.

It was assigned to Epiproctophora by Bechly (2005) and Bechly (2007).

Subtaxa
Anisopteromorpha, Epiophlebiidae
Sister taxa
Anisopteromorpha

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Euepiproctophora Bechly
2005Euepiproctophora Bechly p. 3
2007Euepiproctophora Bechly

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998

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.

Unr. Euepiproctophora Bechly 1998
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Unr. Anisopteromorpha Bechly 1996
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Fm. †Erichschmidtiidae Bechly 1996
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G. †Erichschmidtia Pritykina 1968
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†Erichschmidtia nigrimontana Pritykina 1968
Unr. †Heterophlebioptera Bechly 1996
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Superfm. †Heterophlebioidea Handlirsch 1906
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Fm. †Anglophlebiidae Kelly and Nel 2018
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G. †Anglophlebia Kelly and Nel 2018
Fm. †Archithemistidae Tillyard 1917
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G. †Archithemis Handlirsch 1906
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Invalid names: Diastatommites Tillyard 1925 [synonym]
Invalid names: Archithemitinae Martynov 1925 [empty], Diastatommidae Handlirsch 1906 [replaced], Diastatommitinae Martynov 1925 [empty]
Fm. †Heterophlebiidae Needham 1903
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G. †Heterophlebia Westwood 1849
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Invalid names: Acrophlebia Cowley 1942 [synonym], Clydonophlebia Cowley 1942 [synonym], Plagiophlebia Bode 1953 [synonym], Systellothemis Handlirsch 1939 [synonym]
G. †Trigonophlebia Ansorge 1996
Invalid names: Heterophlebiidae Handlirsch 1906 [objective synonym]
G. †Huabeia Hong 1983
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†Huabeia liugouensis Hong 1983
Fm. †Liassophlebiidae Tillyard 1925 [damsel-dragonflies]
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G. †Bavarophlebia Nel and Petrulevičius 2005
G. †Ferganophlebia Pritykina 1970
G. †Grimmenopteron Ansorge 1996
G. †Liassophlebia Tillyard 1925
G. †Rossiphlebia Kelly and Nel 2018
Fm. †Myopophlebiidae Bode 1953
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G. †Anisozygopteron Handlirsch 1906
G. †Myopophlebia Bode 1953
G. †Paraheterophlebia Nel and Henrotay 1993
G. †Paraplagiophlebia Nel and Henrotay 1993
G. †Strongylogomphus Bode 1953
Fm. †Parastenophlebiidae Bechly 2005
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G. †Parastenophlebia Bechly 2005
Unr. Trigonoptera Bechly 1996
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Unr. Pananisoptera Bechly 1996
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Fm. †Liassogomphidae Tillyard 1935
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G. †Chrysogomphus Ren 1994
G. †Elattogomphus Bode 1953
G. †Heterothemis Handlirsch 1906
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Invalid names: Gomphites Handlirsch 1920 [synonym], Liassogomphus Cowley 1934 [synonym], Palaeogomphus Handlirsch 1939 [synonym]
G. †Necygomphus Cowley 1942
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Invalid names: Necrogomphus Handlirsch 1939 [replaced]
G. †Phthitogomphus Cowley 1942
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Invalid names: Paragomphus Handlirsch 1939 [replaced]
G. †Proinogomphus Handlirsch 1939
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Invalid names: Proinogomphus Cowley 1942 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Gomphitidae Tillyard 1925 [replaced]
Unr. Neoanisoptera Bechly 1998
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Fm. †Aeschnidiidae Handlirsch 1906 [small darner]
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Invalid names: Sonidae Pritykina 1986 [synonym]
Subor. Anisoptera Selys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854 [true dragonfly]
Unr. †Stenophlebioptera Bechly 1996
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Fm. †Gondvanogomphidae Bechly 1996
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G. †Gondvanogomphus Schlüter and Hartung 1982
Fm. †Juraheterophlebiidae Fleck et al. 2003
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G. †Juraheterophlebia Fleck et al. 2003
Fm. †Liassostenophlebiidae Fleck et al. 2003
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G. †Liassostenophlebia Fleck et al. 2003
Superfm. †Stenophlebioidea Needham 1903
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Fm. †Prostenophlebiidae Fleck et al. 2003
Fm. †Stenophlebiidae Needham 1903
Fm. Epiophlebiidae Tillyard 1917
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G. Epiophlebia Calvert 1903
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 Rhaetian to the top of the Holocene or 208.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 201.3 Ma

Collections (434 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) Insecta indet. (115404) Liassophlebia batheri, Liassophlebia withersi (113961) Liassophlebia sp. (115461 232475)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Germany (Bavaria) Bavarophlebia schmeissneri (118017)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Germany Liassophlebia sp. (177157)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5Switzerland Aeschna hageni (131766)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Heterophlebia buckmani (114682) Liassophlebia sp. (113956)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Liassophlebia magnifica (123982) Liassophlebia sp. (115460)
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Heterophlebia sp., Liassophlebia sp., Liassophlebia jacksoni, Liassophlebia magnifica (114638) Liassophlebia gigantea (114640)
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (Dorset) Rossiphlebia jacksoni (189405)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Liassogomphidae indet. 1, Liassogomphidae indet. 2, Trigonophlebia zessini, Heterophlebia buckmani, Grimmenopteron elegantulum (114993)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Luxembourg Phthitogomphus angulatus (106698) Proinogomphus kreuzerorum (195801)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany Libellula brodiei, Heterophlebia megapolitana, Heterophlebia geinitziella, Heterophlebia gracilis, Systellothemis reticulata, Heterophlebia debilis, Heterophlebia geinitzi, Heterophlebia similis, Heterophlebia germana, Heterophlebia dobbertinensis, Heterophlebia buckmanni, Libellula sp. (123987)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Aeschna brodiei (154308) Agrion buckmani, Libellula dislocata, Heterophlebia angulata (153651)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Niedersachsen) Gomphites aranea, Gomphites brodiei, Proinogomphus bodei, Proinogomphus bicellatus, Elattogomphus latus, Plagiophlebia praecostarea, Heterophlebia buckmani, Heterophlebia proxima, Liadothemis wunnenbergi, Strongylogomphus grasselianus, Myopophlebia libera, Myopophlebia ligata, Myopophlebia inexpleta (105002) Gomphites paeneparallelus, Plagiophlebia praecostarea (107556) Gomphites propinquus, Heterophlebia buckmani, Heterophlebia proxima, Myopophlebia libera (107343) Gomphites propinquus, Heterophlebia proxima (107344) Heterophlebia proxima (107323 107554 107555) Liadothemis wunnenbergi (107342) Necrogomphus brunswigae (107341) Paragomphus angulatus, Gomphites brodiei, Liadothemis wunnenbergi, Strongylogomphus grasselianus, Myopophlebia libera, Myopophlebia tecta (107321) Plagiophlebia praecostarea, Heterophlebia proxima (107552) Proinogomphus aequalicellatus, Plagiophlebia praecostarea (107553)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Baden-Würtemberg) Liassogomphus brodiei (117796)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (England) Gomphites brodiei, Libellula dislocata (154307) Heterophlebia buckmani (115219 234542) Heterothemis brodiei (234541 234546) Heterothemis sp. (234544) Heterothemis sp., Heterothemis brodiei, Heterophlebia sp. (234543) Liassogomphidae indet. (132646)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Germany Heterophlebia buckmani (139759) Heterothemis brodiei (151353) Liassostenophlebia germanica, Heterophlebia buckmani (105428)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Luxembourg Henrotayia marci, Heterophlebia buckmani, Paraheterophlebia marcusi, Paraplagiophlebia loneuxi, Myopophlebia libera, Phthitogomphus angulatus (105427)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Kyrgyzstan (Batken) Ferganophlebia insignis (105088)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany Heterophlebia megapolitana (104056)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Switzerland Liassogomphus brodiei (97601)