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Palaeodysagrion cretacicus

Insecta - Odonata - Burmadysagrionidae

Taxonomy
Palaeodysagrion cretacicus was named by Zheng et al. (2017). Its type specimen is NIGP 163546, a wing, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Palaeodysagrion.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Palaeodysagrion cretacicus Zheng et al. p. 301
2017Palaeodysagrion cretacicus Zheng et al. p. 18 fig. 5,6
2018Palaeodysagrion cretacicus Zheng et al. p. 886
2023Palaeodysagrion cretacicus Bechly and Velten p. 549 figs. 1-9

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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
RankNameAuthor
Plesiodonatoptera
Apodonatoptera
Paneodonatoptera
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
familyBurmadysagrionidae()
genusPalaeodysagrion
speciescretacicus

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.

Palaeodysagrion cretacicus Zheng et al. 2017
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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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Palaeodysagrion cretacicus (type locality: 161726 233226)