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Dialothemis dubia

Insecta - Odonata - Selenothemistidae

Taxonomy
Liadothemis dubia was named by Handlirsch (1939). It is an impression. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany. It is the type species of Dialothemis.

It was recombined as Dialothemis dubia by Cowley (1942) and Nel et al. (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Liadothemis dubia Handlirsch p. 22 figs. Pl 1, fig 6
1942Dialothemis dubia Cowley p. 68
1993Dialothemis dubia Nel et al.

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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
—IsophlebiopteraBechly 1996
—IsophlebiidaBechly 1996
superfamilyIsophlebioidea
familySelenothemistidae()
genusDialothemis
speciesdubia()

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.

†Dialothemis dubia Handlirsch 1939
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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: Early/Lower Toarcian or 183.00000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany Liadothemis dubia (type locality: 123987)