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Cordualadensa acorni

Insecta - Odonata - Cordualadensidae

Taxonomy
Cordualadensa acorni was named by Mueller et al. (2025). Its type specimen is UALVP.DPP.2023.631, a hindwing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is HCEL 2022 Plant Locality, Minas Tirith, layer 2, which is in a Campanian pond siltstone in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Cordualadensa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Cordualadensa acorni Mueller et al. p. 1375 figs. 2, 3

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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
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
RankNameAuthor
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
—Anisopteromorpha
—Trigonoptera
—Pananisoptera
—NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
suborderAnisopteraSelys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
—Euanisoptera
—Exophytica
—Cavilabiata
—Cristotibiata
—Brachystigmata
—Paucipostnodalia
—Eubrachystigmata
—NeobrachystigmataBechly 2003
—PaneurypalpidomorphaBechly 2003
—EurypalpidomorphaBechly 2003
familyCordualadensidae
genusCordualadensa
speciesacorni

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.

†Cordualadensa acorni Mueller 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: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Cordualadensa acorni (type locality: 241744)