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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4798009	https://www.gbif.org/species/4798009
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	176634	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=176634

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Oligotypus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Meganisoptera : Meganeuridae : Oligotypus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

doubtful

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
order	Meganisoptera	Martynov 1932
family	Meganeuridae	Handlirsch 1906
subfamily	Meganeurinae	Handlirsch 1906
genus	Oligotypus	Carpenter 1931

Scientific Name

Oligotypus Carpenter, 1931

Name Published In

Amer. J. Sci., (5) 21

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Oligotypus	genus	belongs to Oligotypinae	stated with evidence	Carpenter, 1947
Oligotypus	genus	belongs to Paralogidae	stated with evidence	Brauckmann and Zessin, 1989

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

318 - 315 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

290 - 279 Ma
Permian

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. M. Carpenter. 1931. The Lower Permian Insects of Kansas. Part 2: The Orders Paleodictyoptera, Protodonata and Odonata. American Journal of Science 5(21):97-139

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Oligotypus huangheensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	315 Ma Carboniferous	315 Ma Carboniferous
Oligotypus makowskii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	311 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous
Oligotypus tillyardi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Oligotypus tuscaloosae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	318 Ma Carboniferous	318 Ma Carboniferous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1931	Oligotypus Carpenter p. 106
1947	Oligotypus Carpenter p. 49
1983	Oligotypus Zessin
1989	Oligotypus Brauckmann and Zessin p. 198
1992	Oligotypus Carpenter p. 62
2008	Sinomeganeura Prokop et al. p. 225
2009	Oligotypus Nel et al. p. 94
2009	Sinomeganeura Nel et al. p. 96

References

Carpenter F. M. (1931) The Lower Permian Insects of Kansas. Part 2: The Orders Paleodictyoptera, Protodonata and Odonata, American Journal of Science 5 21, 97-139 doi:10.2475/ajs.s5-21.122.97

Carpenter F. M. (1947) Lower Permian Insects from Oklahoma. Part 1. Introduction and the Orders Megasecoptera, Protodonata, and Odonata, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 76, 25-54

Zessin W. (1983) Zur Taxonomie der jungpaläozoischen Familie Meganeuridae (Odonata) unter Einbeziehung eines Neufundes aus dem Stefan C der Halleschen Mulde (DDR), Freiberger Forschungshefte C 384, 58-76

Brauckmann C., Zessin W. (1989) Neue Meganeuridae aus dem Namurium von Hagen-Vorhalle (BRD) und die Phylogenie der Meganisoptera, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 36 1-3, 177-215

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

Prokop J., Nel A., et al (2008) Taxonomic names, in New early griffenfly, Sinomeganeura huangheensis from the Late Carboniferous of northern China (Meganisoptera: Meganeuridae), Insect Systematics & Evolution 38, 223-229

Nel A., Fleck G., et al (2009) Revision of Permo-Carboniferous griffenflies (Insecta: Odonatoptera: Meganisoptera) based upon new species and redescription of selected poorly known taxa from Eurasia, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 289 4-6, 89-121

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

original work (title/other) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Amer. J. Sci., (5) 21 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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