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Germanostenolestes lutzi

Insecta - Odonata - Sieblosiidae

Taxonomy
Germanostenolestes lutzi was named by Nel and Fleck (2012). Its type specimen is NHM OR 59573, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oeningen (von Breda collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Germanostenolestes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Germanostenolestes lutzi Nel and Fleck p. 65 figs. 1-3
2021Germanostenolestes lutzi Archibald 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
RankNameAuthor
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
familySieblosiidae
genusGermanostenolestes
specieslutzi

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.

†Germanostenolestes lutzi Nel and Fleck 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available