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Mesomantidiidae

Insecta - Odonata - Mesomantidiidae

Taxonomy
Mesomantidiidae was named by Tillyard (1923). It is not extant. Its type is Mesomantidion.

It was assigned to Protorthoptera by Tillyard (1923); and to Odonata by Jell (2004).

Subtaxa
Mesomantidion (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Mesomantidiidae Tillyard
2004Mesomantidiidae Jell p. 14

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
familyMesomantidiidae
familyMesomantidiidae

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.

Fm. †Mesomantidiidae Tillyard 1923
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G. †Mesomantidion Tillyard 1916
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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: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Australia (Queensland) Mesomantidion queenslandicum (111777)