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Lestes datangensis

Insecta - Odonata - Lestidae

Taxonomy
Lestes datangensis was named by Wang (1976). Its type specimen is IVPP V5226, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Datang commune, IVPP Loc. 73059, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Nongshan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Lestes datangensis Wang

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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
RankNameAuthor
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
Euzygoptera
Lestomorpha
Lestiformia
Eulestiformia
Lestida
Lestodea
superfamilyLestoideaFraser 1957
familyLestidae
genusLestesLeach 1815
speciesdatangensis

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.

Lestes datangensis Wang 1976
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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: Middle Paleocene or 61.70000 to 58.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Paleocene61.7 - 58.7China (Guangdong) Lestes datangensis (type locality: 139657)