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Albertalestes paskapooensis

Insecta - Odonata - Synlestidae

Taxonomy
Albertalestes paskapooensis was named by Jouault and Nel (2023). Its type specimen is UAPC 6185, a wing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Joffre Bridge (site 5), which is in a Tiffanian lacustrine - small siltstone in the Paskapoo Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Albertalestes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Albertalestes paskapooensis Jouault and Nel p. 11 figs. 10, 11

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
—Euzygoptera
—Lestomorpha
—Lestiformia
—Eulestiformia
—Lestida
—Lestodea
superfamilyLestoideaFraser 1957
familySynlestidaeTillyard 1917
genusAlbertalestes
speciespaskapooensis

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.

†Albertalestes paskapooensis Jouault and Nel 2023
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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: Tiffanian or 60.90000 to 56.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) Albertalestes paskapooensis (119839 type locality: 232707)