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Protolindenia

Insecta - Odonata - Protolindeniidae

Taxonomy

Protolindenia was named by Deichmüller (1886).

It was assigned to Protolindeniina by Handlirsch (1906); to Gomphidae by Deichmüller (1886), Carpenter (1992); and to Protolindeniidae by Nel et al. (1998).

Species

P. antiqua (syn. P. wittei), P. viohli

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1886	Protolindenia Deichmüller p. 37
1906	Protolindenia Handlirsch p. 589
1992	Protolindenia Carpenter p. 81
1998	Protolindenia Nel et al. p. 23

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
infraclass	Hydropalaeoptera	Rohdendorf 1969
—	Euhydropalaeoptera
—	Odonatoptera	Martynov 1932

Rank	Name	Author
—	Palaeodonatoptera
—	Plesiodonatoptera
—	Apodonatoptera
—	Paneodonatoptera
—	Neodonatoptera
—	Euodonatoptera
—	Odonatoclada	Bechly 1999
—	Nodialata
—	Discoidalia
—	Stigmoptera
—	Lobodonata
—	Panodonata
order	Odonata
—	Epiproctophora
—	Euepiproctophora	Bechly 1998
—	Anisopteromorpha
—	Trigonoptera
—	Pananisoptera
—	Neoanisoptera	Bechly 1998
suborder	Anisoptera	Selys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
—	Petalurida	Bechly 1996
family	Protolindeniidae	()
genus	Protolindenia

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.

G. †Protolindenia Deichmüller 1886

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†Protolindenia antiqua Vander Linden 1827

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Invalid names: Protolindenia wittei Giebel 1860 [synonym]

†Protolindenia viohli Nel et al. 2001

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 Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	Germany (Bavaria)	P. viohli (152603) P. wittei (122586 123994 139876)
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	Germany (Bayern)	Aeschna wittei (153703) Aeshna antiqua (154208) P. wittei (105541 123985 133578 139550) P. wittei, P. viohli (139551)