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Taxonomy
Gomphidae was named by Rambur (1842). It is extant.
It was assigned to Odonata by Bode (1953) and Zhang (1989); to Anisoptera by Handlirsch (1906), Cowley (1942) and Carpenter (1992); and to Gomphida by Bechly (2007).
It was assigned to Odonata by Bode (1953) and Zhang (1989); to Anisoptera by Handlirsch (1906), Cowley (1942) and Carpenter (1992); and to Gomphida by Bechly (2007).
Subtaxa
Aeschna perampla, Auroradraco, Austrogomphinae, Diastatomma, Erpetogomphus, Gomphidae, Gomphinae, Gomphoides occulta, Huaxiagomphus (syn. Sinogomphus), Ilerdaegomphus, Jibeigomphus, Lanthus wuluogongensis, Libellula valga, Lindeniinae, Liogomphus, Lithogomphus, Octogomphinae, Pheugothemis, Sieboldius
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1842 | Gomphidae Rambur |
1856 | Gomphoides occulta Hagen p. 81 |
1862 | Libellula valga Hagen p. 107 |
1890 | Gomphoides occulta Kirby p. 168 |
1906 | Gomphidae Handlirsch p. 471 |
1942 | Gomphidae Cowley p. 77 |
1953 | Gomphidae Bode |
1984 | Lanthus wuluogongensis Hong p. 17 fig. 7 |
1985 | Lanthus wuluogongensis Hong p. 1417 figs. Pl 3, figs 1,2 |
1989 | Gomphidae Zhang p. 37 |
1989 | Gomphus wuluogongensis Zhang p. 37 fig. 20 |
1992 | Gomphidae Carpenter p. 81 |
2007 | Gomphidae Bechly |
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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.
Fm. Gomphidae Rambur 1842 [clubtail dragonfly]
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Subfm. Austrogomphinae Carle 1986
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G. Diastatomma Burmeister 1839
G. †Gomphidae Handlirsch 1906
G. †Huaxiagomphus Hong 1988
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†Huaxiagomphus taushanensis Hong 1982
Invalid names: Sinogomphus Hong 1982 [replaced]
G. †Ilerdaegomphus Martínez-Delclòs 1989
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†Ilerdaegomphus pallerolae Gomez Pallerola 1979
†Ilerdaegomphus torcae Martínez-Delclòs and Nel 1994
Subfm. Lindeniinae Selys 1854
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G. Ictinogomphus Cowley 1934
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†Ictinogomphus engelorum Nel et al. 2020
†Ictinogomphus hassleri Schädel and Lechner 2017
Invalid names: Ictinus Rambur 1842 [replaced]
Invalid names: Lindeniini Selys 1854 [empty], Petalura acutipennis Hagen 1859 [nomen dubium]
Subfm. Octogomphinae Carle and Cook 1984
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Invalid names: Aeschna perampla Brodie 1845 [nomen dubium], Gomphoides occulta Hagen 1856 [nomen vanum], Lanthus wuluogongensis Hong 1985 [nomen dubium], Libellula valga Hagen 1862 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Reference: Ren and Guo 1996 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 168.30000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 166.1 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 166.1 Ma
Collections (31 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Bathonian | United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) | Libellula westwoodii (140495) | |
Late/Upper Hauterivian | China (Hebei) | Jibeigomphus xinboensis (154962) | |
Early/Lower Barremian | Spain | Ilerdaegomphus pallerolae (152691) Palaeaeschna pallerolae (152686) | |
Late/Upper Barremian | China (Liaoning) | Gomphus sp., Liogomphus yixianensis, Gomphus biconvexus (148368) Liogomphus yixianensis (138436) | |
Late/Upper Barremian | Spain (Cuenca) | Ilerdaegomphus torcae (152992) | |
Barremian | China (Nei Mongol) | Sinogomphus taushanense (154968) | |
Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Cratolindenia knuepfae (122557) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Burmalindenia imperfecta (123053) | |
Ypresian | Canada (British Columbia) | Auroradraco eos (103205) | |
Priabonian | Poland | Gomphoides occulta (120811) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | Germany | Petalura acutipennis (113964) | |
Rupelian | France (Alpes-de-Haute) | Gomphinae indet. A (114016) | |
MP 28 | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Ictinogomphus engelorum (71942) Lindeniinae indet. (211302) | |
Chattian - Aquitanian | Germany (Sachsen) | Ictinogomphus sp. (26765) | |
Aquitanian | Turkey | Lindeniinae indet. (123307) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico | Erpetogomphus shii (200059) | |
Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Miopetalura shanwangica (128551) | |
Middle Miocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Austrogomphus sp. (224044) | |
Middle Miocene | Japan | Gomphidae indet. (153619) | |
Middle Miocene | China (Hebei) | Lanthus wuluogongensis (128554) | |
Badenian | Austria | Gomphidae indet. (131964) Ictinogomphus hassleri (184614) | |
Sarmatian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Lindenia heeri (117252) | |
Turolian | France (Ardèche) | Gomphidae indet. (113893) | |
Messinian | France (Cantal) | Gomphidae indet. (122195) | |
Piacenzian | USA (California) | Gomphidae indet. (162797) | |
Piacenzian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Gomphidae indet., Priscogomphus subhercynicus (109196) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Japan | Sieboldius albardae (211426) |