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Platystictoidea

Insecta - Odonata

Taxonomy
Platystictoidea was named by Kennedy (1920). It is extant.

It was assigned to Zygoptera by Zheng et al. (2017).

Subtaxa
Platystictidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Platystictoidea Kennedy
2017Platystictoidea Zheng et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
superfamilyPlatystictoidea
superfamilyPlatystictoidea

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.

Superfm. Platystictoidea Kennedy 1920
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Fm. Platystictidae Kennedy 1920 [shadowdamsel]
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Subfm. †Mesostictinae Zheng et al. 2017
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G. †Mesosticta Huang et al. 2015
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†Mesosticta burmatica Huang et al. 2015
†Mesosticta davidattenboroughi Zheng et al. 2017
†Mesosticta electronica Zheng et al. 2016
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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Mesosticta burmatica, Mesosticta electronica, Mesosticta davidattenboroughi (161726)