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Hypolestidae

Insecta - Odonata - Hypolestidae

Taxonomy
Hypolestidae was named by Tillyard and Fraser (1938). It is extant.

It was assigned to Calopterygoidea by Bechly and Wichard (2008).

Subtaxa
Hypolestinae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Hypolestidae Tillyard and Fraser
2008Hypolestidae Bechly and Wichard p. 48

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
—CalopteraBelyshev and Haritonov 1983
—Eucaloptera
—Calopterygomorpha
superfamilyCalopterygoidea
familyHypolestidaeTillyard and Fraser 1938
familyHypolestidaeTillyard and Fraser 1938

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.

Fm. Hypolestidae Tillyard and Fraser 1938
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Subfm. Hypolestinae Tillyard and Fraiser 1938
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G. †Anglohypolestes Nel and Fleck 2014
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†Anglohypolestes fasciata Nel and Fleck 2014
Tr. Hypolestini Tillyard and Fraser 1938
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G. †Eohypolestes Nel and Fleck 2014
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†Eohypolestes hooleyi Nel and Fleck 2014
G. †Prohypolestes Nel and Paicheler 1994
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†Prohypolestes dauphinensis Nel and Paicheler 1994
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Rupelian or 38.00000 to 28.10000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Anglohypolestes fasciata (21976) Eohypolestes hooleyi (123960)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Hypolestini indet. specimen 12, Hypolestini indet. specimen 15 (123420) Hypolestini indet. specimen 13 (123770) Hypolestini indet. specimen 14 (120814) Hypolestini indet. specimen 16 (110735)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France (Alpes-de-Haute) Prohypolestes dauphinensis (114016)