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Alloaeschna paskapooensis

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae

Taxonomy
Alloaeschna paskapooensis was named by Wighton and Wilson (1986). Its type specimen is UAPC 6189, an exoskeleton (thorax abdominal fragment and 2 wings), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Site 1 (near confluence of Blindman and Red Deer Rivers), which is in a Tiffanian pond limestone in the Paskapoo Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Alloaeschna.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Alloaeschna paskapooensis Wighton and Wilson p. 508 figs. 1-8
1986Alloaeschna marklae Wighton and Wilson p. 511 figs. 9, 10
1986Alloaeschna quadrata Wighton and Wilson p. 513 figs. 11, 12
1994Alloaeschna marklae Nel et al. p. 162
1994Alloaeschna paskapooensis Nel et al. p. 162
1994Alloaeschna quadrata Nel et al. p. 162
2023Alloaeschna paskapooensis Jouault et al. p. 4 figs. 3-7

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Euodonatoptera
—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
familyGomphaeschnidaeTillyard and Fraser 1940
subfamilyGomphaeschninaeTillyard and Fraser 1940
genusAlloaeschna
speciespaskapooensis

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.

†Alloaeschna paskapooensis Wighton and Wilson 1986
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Invalid names: Alloaeschna marklae Wighton and Wilson 1986 [synonym], Alloaeschna quadrata Wighton and Wilson 1986 [synonym]
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: Tiffanian or 60.90000 to 56.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) Alloaeschna paskapooensis (119828 119832) Alloaeschna paskapooensis, Alloaeschna quadrata (119839) Alloaeschna paskapooensis, Gomphidae indet. (type locality: 119816)