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Megapodagrionidae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	398132	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=398132

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Megapodagrionidae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
infraclass	Hydropalaeoptera	Rohdendorf 1969
-	Euhydropalaeoptera	Sroka et al. 2014
-	Odonatoptera	Martynov 1932
-	Palaeodonatoptera	Petrulevicius and Gutiérrez 2016
-	Plesiodonatoptera	Petrulevicius and Gutiérrez 2016
-	Apodonatoptera	Petrulevicius and Gutiérrez 2016
-	Paneodonatoptera	Nel et al. 2019
-	Neodonatoptera	Bechly 1996
-	Euodonatoptera	Bechly et al. 2001
-	Odonatoclada	Bechly 1999
-	Nodialata	Bechly 1996
-	Discoidalia	Bechly 1996
-	Stigmoptera	Bechly 1996
-	Panodonata	Bechly 1996
order	Odonata	Fabricius 1793
suborder	Zygoptera	Selys-Longchamps 1854
-	Euzygoptera	Bechly 1996
-	Coenagriomorpha	Bechly 1996
family	Megapodagrionidae	Tillyard 1917

Common Name

flatwing

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Megapodagrionidae	subfamily	belongs to Agrionidae	stated with evidence	Tillyard, 1917
Megapodagrionidae	family	belongs to Zygoptera	stated with evidence	Carpenter, 1992
Megapodagrionidae	family	belongs to Coenagriomorpha	stated with evidence	Azar and Nel, 2008

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (8.3%)

First Recorded Appearance

125 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

freshwater,terrestrial (based on Odonata)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Odonata)

Vision

well-developed (based on Odonata)

Diet

carnivore, insectivore (based on Odonata)

Reproduction

dispersal=water (based on Odonata)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Odonata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. J. Tillyard. 1917. The Biology of Dragonflies (Odonata or Paraneuroptera)

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Argiolestinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)	10	50.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Cretapodagrion ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Eckfeldia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Electropodagrion ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Furagrion ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Hanklitia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Megapodagrion genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Morsagrion ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Oligoargiolestes ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Thanetophilosina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	59.2 Ma Paleocene	59.2 Ma Paleocene
Vulcagrion ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	8.70 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1917	Megapodagrioninae Tillyard p. 278
1992	Megapodagrionidae Carpenter p. 85
1994	Megapodagrioniidae Nel and Paicheler
2008	Megapodagrionidae Azar and Nel p. 451
2008	Megapodagrioniidae Petrulevicius et al.

References

Tillyard R. J. (1917) , The Biology of Dragonflies (Odonata or Paraneuroptera), 1-396

Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655

Nel A., Paicheler J. C. (1994) Les Lestoidea (Odonata, Zygoptera) fossiles: Un inventaire critique, Annales de Paléontologie 80 1, 1-59

Azar D., Nel A. (2008) First Baltic amber megapodagrionid damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera), Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 44, 451-457

Petrulevicius J. F., Wappler T., et al (2008) New Megapodagrionid Damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) from the Paleogene of Europe, Journal of Paleontology 82 6, 1173-1181

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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