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Yananthemis zaoyuanensis

Insecta - Odonata - Selenothemistidae

Taxonomy
Yananthemis zaoyuanensis was named by Nel and Huang (2024). Its type specimen is NIGP204593, a hindwing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Peizhuang outcrop, west of Yan'an, which is in an Aalenian lacustrine shale in the Yan'an Formation of China. It is the type species of Yananthemis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Yananthemis zaoyuanensis Nel and Huang p. 40 fig. 4

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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
RankNameAuthor
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—IsophlebiopteraBechly 1996
—IsophlebiidaBechly 1996
superfamilyIsophlebioidea
familySelenothemistidae()
genusYananthemis
specieszaoyuanensis

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.

†Yananthemis zaoyuanensis Nel and Huang 2024
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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: Aalenian or 174.70000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9China (Shaanxi) Yananthemis zaoyuanensis (type locality: 222545)