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Eopodagrion scudderi

Insecta - Odonata

Taxonomy
Eopodagrion scudderi was named by Cockerell (1921). Its type specimen is USNM 66551, a wing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Green River (Scudder Collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Eopodagrion scudderi Cockerell p. 237 figs. Pl 32, fig 4
1994Eopodagrion scudderi Nel and Paicheler
2022Eopodagrion scudderi Nel p. 538 figs. 1-4

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
genusEopodagrion
speciesscudderi

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.

†Eopodagrion scudderi Cockerell 1921
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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: Bridgerian or 51.10000 to 45.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Colorado) Eopodagrion scudderi (228680 228681)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) Eopodagrion scudderi (type locality: 114058)