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Palaeaeschna vidali

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Taxonomy
Palaeaeschna vidali was named by Meunier (1914). Its type specimen is MGB 504, a nymph, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is La Pedrera de Rubies, Sierra del Montsech (Vidal collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation of Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Palaeaeschna vidali Meunier p. 122 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-3
1985Palaeaeschna vidali Whalley and Jarzembowski p. 391
1990Palaeaeschna vidali Martínez-Delclòs p. 94 figs. Pl 1, figs A-C; text-fig 2
1994Palaeaeschna vidali Nel et al. p. 180

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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
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
RankNameAuthor
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
—Anisopteromorpha
—Trigonoptera
—Pananisoptera
—NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
suborderAnisopteraSelys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
—Euanisoptera
—Aeshnoptera
—Aeshnomorpha
—Panaeshnida
—Aeshnida
—Paneuaeshnida
—Euaeshnida
—Neoaeshnida
—Aeshnodea
—Euaeshnodea
superfamilyAeshnoideaLeach 1815
familyAeshnidaeLeach 1815
genusPalaeaeschna
speciesvidali

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.

†Palaeaeschna vidali Meunier 1914
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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: Early/Lower Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain Palaeaeschna vidali (104052 type locality: 118362 123437)