Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Aeschnidium

Insecta - Odonata - Aeschnidiidae

Taxonomy
Aeschnidium was named by Westwood (1854). It is not extant. It is the type genus of Aeschnidiidae.

It was assigned to Aeschnidiidae by Handlirsch (1906), Ponomarenko (1985), Carpenter (1992), Nel and Martínez-Delclòs (1993), Zhang (1999) and Fleck and Nel (2003).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Aeschnidium Westwood
1856Estemoa Giebel p. 286
1906Aeschnidium Handlirsch p. 594
1985Aeschnidium Ponomarenko p. 136
1992Aeschnidium Carpenter p. 82
1993Aeschnidium Nel and Martínez-Delclòs p. 36
1999Aeschnidium Zhang p. 813
2003Aeschnidium Fleck and Nel p. 15

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
RankNameAuthor
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
—Anisopteromorpha
—Trigonoptera
—Pananisoptera
—NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
familyAeschnidiidae
genusAeschnidiumWestwood 1854

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.

G. †Aeschnidium Westwood 1854
show all | hide all
†Aeschnidium antiquum Brodie 1845
†Aeschnidium bubas Westwood 1854
Invalid names: Estemoa Giebel 1856 [objective synonym], Neimenggolgomphus Hong 1982 [synonym]
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 Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) A. bubas (117342 153649 153650)
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) A. bubas (106401) Libellula antiqua (104008)