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Telephlebiidae

Insecta - Odonata - Telephlebiidae

Taxonomy
Telephlebiidae was named by Cockerell (1913). It is extant.

It was assigned to Aeshnoidea by Zheng et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Telephlebiidae Cockerell
2016Telephlebiidae Zheng et al. p. 106

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
RankNameAuthor
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
—Anisopteromorpha
—Trigonoptera
—Pananisoptera
—NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
suborderAnisopteraSelys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
—Euanisoptera
—Aeshnoptera
—Aeshnomorpha
—Panaeshnida
—Aeshnida
—Paneuaeshnida
—Euaeshnida
—Neoaeshnida
—Aeshnodea
—Euaeshnodea
superfamilyAeshnoideaLeach 1815
familyTelephlebiidaeCockerell 1913
familyTelephlebiidaeCockerell 1913

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. Telephlebiidae Cockerell 1913
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G. †Jingguaeshna Zheng and Zhang 2021
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†Jingguaeshna taoae Zheng and Zhang 2021
Invalid names: Telephlebiinae Cockerell 1913 [empty]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 15.98000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Jingguaeshna taoae (229451)