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Oligaeschna jungi

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Taxonomy
Oligaeschna jungi was named by Piton and Théobald (1939). Its type specimen is MNHN-LP-R.54920, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Puy-Saint-Jean, which is in an Oligocene crater lake limestone in France. It is the type species of Oligaeschna.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Oligaeschna jungi Piton and Théobald p. 82 fig. 3
2020Oligaeschna jungi Nel et al. p. 2 figs. 1-4

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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
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
RankNameAuthor
—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
subfamilyAeshninae
genusOligaeschna
speciesjungi

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.

†Oligaeschna jungi Piton and Théobald 1939
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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: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the MP 28 or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03France Oligaeschna jungi (127946)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03France (Puy-de-Dome) Oligaeschna jungi (type locality: 155204)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Oligaeschna jungi (71942)