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Gomphaeschna carinthiae

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae

Taxonomy
Gomphaeschna carinthiae was named by Schädel and Lechner (2017). Its type specimen is UMJG&P 211472, a hindwing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Schaßbach (Universalmuseum Joanneum collection), which is in a Badenian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Mühldorf Formation of Austria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Gomphaeschna carinthiae Schädel and Lechner p. 159 figs. 3-5

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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
—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
familyGomphaeschnidaeTillyard and Fraser 1940
subfamilyGomphaeschninaeTillyard and Fraser 1940
genusGomphaeschnaSelys 1871
speciescarinthiae

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.

†Gomphaeschna carinthiae Schädel and Lechner 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: Badenian or 13.82000 to 12.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Austria Gomphaeschna carinthiae (type locality: 184615)