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Parapetala liaoningensis

Insecta - Odonata

Taxonomy
Parapetala liaoningensis was named by Huang et al. (2003). Its type specimen is NIGP 133694, an exoskeleton (complete dragonfly), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Liaoning Province [PROXY], which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China. It is the type species of Parapetala.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Parapetala liaoningensis Huang et al. p. 142 figs. 1-3

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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
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
RankNameAuthor
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
—Anisopteromorpha
—Trigonoptera
—Pananisoptera
—NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
suborderAnisopteraSelys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
—Euanisoptera
—Aeshnoptera
genusParapetala
speciesliaoningensis

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.

†Parapetala liaoningensis Huang et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available