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Plesigomphaeschnaoides paleocenica

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae

Taxonomy
Gomphaeschna paleocenica was named by Madsen and Nel (1997). Its type specimen is NR 2 Coll. Madsen, an exoskeleton (body with four wings in connection), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Ejerslev Molergrav, Mors, between layers +25 and +30 , which is in a Ypresian offshore ramp diatomite/volcaniclastic in the Fur Formation of Denmark.

It was recombined as Plesigomphaeschnaoides paleocenica by Bechly et al. (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Gomphaeschna paleocenica Madsen and Nel p. 286 figs. 1-4
2001Plesigomphaeschnaoides paleocenica Bechly 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
Paneodonatoptera
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
RankNameAuthor
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
Epiproctophora
EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
Anisopteromorpha
Trigonoptera
Pananisoptera
NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
suborderAnisopteraSelys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
Euanisoptera
Aeshnoptera
Aeshnomorpha
Panaeshnida
Aeshnida
Paneuaeshnida
Euaeshnida
Neoaeshnida
familyGomphaeschnidaeTillyard and Fraser 1940
subfamilyGomphaeschnaoidinae
tribeGomphaeschnaoidini
genusPlesigomphaeschnaoides
speciespaleocenica()

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.

Plesigomphaeschnaoides paleocenica Madsen and Nel 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available