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Gondvanoptilon brasiliense

Insecta - Permaeschnidae

Taxonomy
Gondvanoptilon brasiliense was named by Rösler et al. (1981). Its type specimen is GP/1T505, a wing (nearly complete wing), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Pedreira da Mineração, Amaral Machado, which is in a Kungurian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Irati Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Gondvanoptilon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Gondvanoptilon brasiliense Rösler et al. pp. 221-232 fig. 2
1996Gondvanoptilon brasiliense Martins-Neto p. 43 figs. 1a,b, 2
2002Gondvanoptilon brasiliense Huguet et al. p. 545

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
Euhydropalaeoptera
RankNameAuthor
OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
Palaeodonatoptera
Plesiodonatoptera
Apodonatoptera
Paneodonatoptera
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
suborderProtanisoptera
DitaxineuromorphaPritykina 1980
familyPermaeschnidae
genusGondvanoptilonRösler et al. 1981
speciesbrasilienseRösler et al. 1981

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.

Gondvanoptilon brasiliense Rösler et al. 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Brazil (São Paulo) Gondvanoptilon brasiliense (type locality: 137840)