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Mesuropetala muensteri

Insecta - Odonata - Mesuropetalidae

Taxonomy
Aeschna muensteri was named by Germar (1839). Its type specimen is BSP AS VII 794, an exoskeleton (Complete body), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Cordulegaster muensteri by Hagen (1848) and Hagen (1850); it was recombined as Uropetala muensteri by Kirby (1890); it was synonymized subjectively with Stenophlebia latreillei by Handlirsch (1906); it was recombined as Morbaeschna muensteri by Needham (1907) and Nel et al. (1994); it was recombined as Mesuropetala muensteri by Bechly et al. (2001).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Aeschna muensteri Germar p. 215 figs. Pl 23, fig 12
1848Cordulegaster muensteri Hagen p. 8
1848Gomphus koehleri Hagen p. 8
1850Cordulegaster muensteri Hagen p. 360
1850Gomphus koehleri Hagen p. 360
1862Aeschna muensteri Hagen p. 137
1862Gomphus koehleri Hagen p. 139
1886Uropetala koehleri Deichmüller p. 52 figs. Pl IV fig 3, 11, 12
1890Uropetala koehleri Kirby p. 171
1890Uropetala muensteri Kirby p. 172
1897Uropetala koehleri Meunier figs. Pl 4, fig 4
1906Mesuropetala koehleri Handlirsch p. 588 figs. Pl XLVII fig 9
1907Morbaeschna muensteri Needham p. 141
1932Protolindenia koehleri Carpenter p. 113 fig. 7
1985Mesuropetala koehleri Ponomarenko p. 136
1994Morbaeschna muensteri Nel et al. p. 176
1998Mesuropetala koehleri Nel et al. p. 15 figs. 8-16
2001Mesuropetala muensteri Bechly et al. p. 21 figs. 3-10; pl 1, figs 1,2; pl 2, figs 1,2; pl 3, figs 1,2; pl 4, figs 1,2; pl 5, figs 1,2; pl 13, fig 2;

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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
RankNameAuthor
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
—Anisopteromorpha
—Trigonoptera
—Pananisoptera
—NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
suborderAnisopteraSelys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
—Euanisoptera
—Aeshnoptera
superfamilyMesuropetaloideaBechly 1996
familyMesuropetalidaeBechly 1996
genusMesuropetala
speciesmuensteri()

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.

†Mesuropetala muensteri Germar 1839
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Invalid names: Gomphus koehleri Hagen 1848 [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: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Mesuropetala muensteri, Mesuropetala koehleri (123994) Mesuropetala muensteri, Protolindenia koehleri (122586)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Aeschna grandis (154305) Aeschna muensteri, Mesuropetala koehleri (type locality: 123985) Mesuropetala koehleri (123144 139551) Mesuropetala muensteri (105797 131959 139548) Uropetala koehleri (123906 133578)