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Protolindenia antiqua

Insecta - Odonata - Protolindeniidae

Taxonomy
Aeshna antiqua was named by Vander Linden (1827). Its type specimen is Liège University PAULg 2156, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Solnhofen (Vander Maelen collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Aeschna antiqua by Hagen (1850), Hagen (1862); it was recombined as Uropetala antiqua by Kirby (1890); it was recombined as Protolindenia antiqua by Handlirsch (1906), Nel and Mottequin (2025).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Aeshna antiqua Vander Linden p. 250 fig. 1
1850Aeschna antiqua Hagen p. 362
1860Aeschna wittei Giebel pp. 127-132 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
1862Petalura wittei Hagen p. 133 figs. Pl 13, fig 3
1862Aeschna antiqua Hagen p. 136
1886Protolindenia wittei Deichmüller p. 37 figs. Pl IV fig 1, 2, 9, 10
1890Protolindenia wittei Kirby p. 169
1890Uropetala antiqua Kirby p. 172
1906Protolindenia wittei Handlirsch p. 589 figs. Pl XLVII fig 10
1906Protolindenia antiqua Handlirsch p. 591
1932Protolindenia wittei Carpenter p. 112
1998Protolindenia wittei Nel et al. p. 23
2025Protolindenia antiqua Nel and Mottequin p. 5 figs. 1, 2

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
—Anisopteromorpha
—Trigonoptera
—Pananisoptera
—NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
suborderAnisopteraSelys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
—PetaluridaBechly 1996
familyProtolindeniidae()
genusProtolindenia
speciesantiqua()

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.

†Protolindenia antiqua Vander Linden 1827
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Invalid names: Protolindenia wittei Giebel 1860 [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 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bavaria) Protolindenia wittei (122586 123994 139876)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Aeschna wittei (153703) Aeshna antiqua (type locality: 154208) Protolindenia wittei (105541 123985 133578 139550 139551)