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Swauka ypresiana

Insecta - Odonata - Euphaeidae

Taxonomy
Swauka ypresiana was named by Archibald et al. (2025). Its type specimen is UWBM PB 56327, a wing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Swauk Pass, which is in a Ypresian pond mudstone in the Swauk Formation of Washington. It is the type species of Swauka.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Swauka ypresiana Archibald et al. p. 1050 fig. 1

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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
—CalopteraBelyshev and Haritonov 1983
—Eucaloptera
—Calopterygomorpha
superfamilyCalopterygoidea
familyEuphaeidae(Jacobson and Bianchi 1905)
subfamilyEpallaginaeNeedham 1903
genusSwauka
speciesypresiana

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.

†Swauka ypresiana Archibald et al. 2025
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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Washington) Swauka ypresiana (type locality: 240981)