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Vulcagrion

Insecta - Odonata - Megapodagrionidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Vulcagrion Nel and Paicheler
1996Vulcagrion Nel et al. p. 195

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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
RankNameAuthor
Apodonatoptera
Paneodonatoptera
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
Euzygoptera
Coenagriomorpha
familyMegapodagrionidae()
genusVulcagrion

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. †Vulcagrion Nel and Paicheler 1994
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Vulcagrion andancensis Nel et al. 1996
Vulcagrion cantalensis Nel et al. 1996
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 Messinian to the top of the Gelasian or 7.24600 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turolian8.7 - 5.333France (Ardèche) V. andancensis (113893)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333France (Cantal) V. cantalensis (122195)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806France Diplax propedemontana (113996) V. propedemontanum (114059)