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Platycnemis antiqua

Insecta - Odonata - Platycnemididae

Taxonomy
Agrion antiquum was named by Pictet (1848). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was recombined as Coenagrion antiquum by Kirby (1890); it was recombined as Platycnemis antiqua by Nel and Papazian (1990), Bechly (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Agrion antiquum Pictet p. 7
1850Agrion antiquum Hagen p. 356
1856Agrion antiquum Pictet and Hagen p. 78 figs. Pl 4, fig 4; pl 8, fig 11
1890Coenagrion antiquum Kirby p. 175
1990Platycnemis antiqua Nel and Papazian p. 254
1998Platycnemis antiqua Bechly p. 52 figs. 10 11, 12

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
—Euzygoptera
—Coenagrionomorpha
—Coenagrioniformia
—Coenagrionida
superfamilyCoenagrionoidea
familyPlatycnemididaeJacobson and Bianchi 1905
genusPlatycnemis
speciesantiqua()

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.

†Platycnemis antiqua Pictet 1848
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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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Agrion antiquum (type locality: 109625)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Platycnemis antiqua (149477)