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Heterophlebioidea

Insecta - Odonata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Heterophlebioidea Handlirsch
1981Heterophlebioidea Pritykina
1993Heterophlebioidea Nel et al.
2005Heterophlebioidea Bechly p. 3
2007Heterophlebioidea Bechly

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
—Anisopteromorpha
—HeterophlebiopteraBechly 1996
superfamilyHeterophlebioideaHandlirsch 1906
superfamilyHeterophlebioideaHandlirsch 1906

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.

Superfm. †Heterophlebioidea Handlirsch 1906
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Fm. †Anglophlebiidae Kelly and Nel 2018
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G. †Anglophlebia Kelly and Nel 2018
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†Anglophlebia gigantea Zeuner 1962
Fm. †Archithemistidae Tillyard 1917
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G. †Archithemis Handlirsch 1906
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†Archithemis brodiei Handlirsch 1906
Invalid names: Diastatommites Tillyard 1925 [synonym]
Invalid names: Archithemitinae Martynov 1925 [empty], Diastatommidae Handlirsch 1906 [replaced], Diastatommitinae Martynov 1925 [empty]
Fm. †Heterophlebiidae Needham 1903
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G. †Heterophlebia Westwood 1849
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†Heterophlebia buckmani Brodie 1845
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Invalid names: Heterophlebia angulata Tillyard 1925 [synonym], Heterophlebia debilis Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Heterophlebia dobbertinensis Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Heterophlebia geinitzi Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Heterophlebia geinitziella Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Heterophlebia germana Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Heterophlebia gracilis Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Heterophlebia megapolitana Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Heterophlebia proxima Bode 1905 [synonym], Heterophlebia similis Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Heterophlebia tillyardi Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Libellula (Heterophlebia) dislocata Westwood 1849 [synonym], Systellothemis reticulata Handlirsch 1939 [synonym]
†Heterophlebia dislocata Westwood 1849
†Heterophlebia dobberrtinensis Handlirsch 1939
Invalid names: Acrophlebia Cowley 1942 [synonym], Clydonophlebia Cowley 1942 [synonym], Plagiophlebia Bode 1953 [synonym], Systellothemis Handlirsch 1939 [synonym]
G. †Trigonophlebia Ansorge 1996
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†Trigonophlebia zessini Ansorge 1996
Invalid names: Heterophlebiidae Handlirsch 1906 [objective synonym]
G. †Huabeia Hong 1983
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†Huabeia liugouensis Hong 1983
Fm. †Liassophlebiidae Tillyard 1925 [damsel-dragonflies]
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G. †Bavarophlebia Nel and Petrulevičius 2005
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†Bavarophlebia schmeissneri Nel and Petrulevičius 2005
G. †Ferganophlebia Pritykina 1970
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†Ferganophlebia insignis Pritykina 1970
G. †Grimmenopteron Ansorge 1996
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G. †Liassophlebia Tillyard 1925
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†Liassophlebia magnifica Tillyard 1925
†Liassophlebia withersi Tillyard 1925
Invalid names: Liassophlebia batheri Tillyard 1925 [nomen dubium]
G. †Rossiphlebia Kelly and Nel 2018
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†Rossiphlebia jacksoni Zeuner 1962
Fm. †Myopophlebiidae Bode 1953
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G. †Anisozygopteron Handlirsch 1906
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†Anisozygopteron geinitzianum Handlirsch 1906
G. †Myopophlebia Bode 1953
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†Myopophlebia libera Bode 1953
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Invalid names: Myopophlebia inexpleta Bode 1953 [synonym], Myopophlebia ligata Bode 1953 [synonym], Myopophlebia tecta Bode 1953 [synonym]
G. †Paraheterophlebia Nel and Henrotay 1993
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†Paraheterophlebia marcusi Nel and Henrotay 1993
G. †Paraplagiophlebia Nel and Henrotay 1993
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†Paraplagiophlebia loneuxi Nel and Henrotay 1993
G. †Strongylogomphus Bode 1953
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Fm. †Parastenophlebiidae Bechly 2005
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G. †Parastenophlebia Bechly 2005
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†Parastenophlebia casta Hagen 1862
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: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 208.50000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) Insecta indet. (115404) Liassophlebia batheri, Liassophlebia withersi (113961) Liassophlebia sp. (115461 232475)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Germany (Bavaria) Bavarophlebia schmeissneri (118017)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Germany Liassophlebia sp. (177157)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5Switzerland Aeschna hageni (131766)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Heterophlebia buckmani (114682) Liassophlebia sp. (113956)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Liassophlebia magnifica (123982) Liassophlebia sp. (115460)
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (Dorset) Rossiphlebia jacksoni (189405)
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Heterophlebia sp., Liassophlebia sp., Liassophlebia jacksoni, Liassophlebia magnifica (114638) Liassophlebia gigantea (114640)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Agrion buckmani, Heterophlebia angulata, Libellula dislocata (153651)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Heterophlebia buckmani, Trigonophlebia zessini, Grimmenopteron elegantulum (114993)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Niedersachsen) Heterophlebia buckmani, Heterophlebia proxima, Liadothemis wunnenbergi, Plagiophlebia praecostarea, Myopophlebia libera, Myopophlebia ligata, Myopophlebia inexpleta, Strongylogomphus grasselianus (105002) Heterophlebia buckmani, Heterophlebia proxima, Myopophlebia libera (107343) Heterophlebia proxima (107323 107344 107554 107555) Heterophlebia proxima, Plagiophlebia praecostarea (107552) Liadothemis wunnenbergi (107342) Liadothemis wunnenbergi, Myopophlebia libera, Myopophlebia tecta, Strongylogomphus grasselianus (107321) Plagiophlebia praecostarea (107553 107556)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany Heterophlebia geinitziella, Heterophlebia germana, Heterophlebia gracilis, Heterophlebia similis, Heterophlebia debilis, Heterophlebia megapolitana, Heterophlebia geinitzi, Systellothemis reticulata, Libellula brodiei, Heterophlebia dobbertinensis, Libellula sp. (123987)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (England) Heterophlebia buckmani (115219 234542) Heterophlebia sp. (234543) Libellula dislocata (154307)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Germany Heterophlebia buckmani (105428 139759)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Luxembourg Heterophlebia buckmani, Paraheterophlebia marcusi, Paraplagiophlebia loneuxi, Myopophlebia libera (105427)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany Heterophlebia megapolitana (104056)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Kyrgyzstan (Batken) Ferganophlebia insignis (105088)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Hebei) Huabeia liugouensis (154837)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Parastenophlebia casta (139551) Stenophlebia casta (117534 139030 139221 139547)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Parastenophlebia casta (152604)