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Moltenagrion koningskroonensis

Insecta - Moltenagrionidae

Taxonomy
Moltenagrion koningskroonensis was named by Deregnaucourt et al. (2019). Its type specimen is PRE/F/10334, a wing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Konings Kroon (Kon 222), which is in a Carnian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Molteno Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Moltenagrion.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Moltenagrion koningskroonensis Deregnaucourt et al. p. 309 fig. 5

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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
suborderArchizygoptera
superfamilyProtomyrmeleontoideaHandlirsch 1906
Terskejoptera
Moltenoptera
familyMoltenagrionidae
genusMoltenagrion
specieskoningskroonensis

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.

Moltenagrion koningskroonensis Deregnaucourt et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa (Eastern Cape) Moltenagrion koningskroonensis (type locality: 23086)