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Petrolestes ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4798055	https://www.gbif.org/species/4798055
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	194629	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=194629

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Petrolestes

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Dysagrionidae : Petrolestes

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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
family	Dysagrionidae
subfamily	Petrolestinae	Cockerell 1927
genus	Petrolestes	Cockerell 1927

Scientific Name

Petrolestes Cockerell, 1927

Name Published In

Entomologist, 40

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Petrolestes	genus	belongs to Petrolestinae	stated with evidence	Cockerell, 1927
Petrolestes	genus	belongs to Amphipterygidae	stated with evidence	Carpenter, 1992
Petrolestes	genus	belongs to Petrolestinae	stated with evidence	Nel and Paicheler, 1994

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

50.3 - 46.2 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

46.2 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene

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)

T. D. A. Cockerell. 1927. A new fossil dragonfly from the Eocene of Colorado. The Entomologist 60:81-82

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Petrolestes hendersoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	50.3 Ma Eocene	46.2 Ma Eocene
Petrolestes messelensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1927	Petrolestes Cockerell p. 81
1986	Petrolestes Nel p. 448
1992	Petrolestes Carpenter p. 86
1994	Petrolestes Nel and Paicheler
2015	Petrolestes Garrouste and Nel p. 355
2016	Petrolestes Zheng et al. p. 126

References

Cockerell T. D. A. (1927) A new fossil dragonfly from the Eocene of Colorado, The Entomologist 60, 81-82

Nel A. (1986) Révision du genre cénozoïque Stenolestes Scudder, 1895; description de deux espèces nouvelles (Insecta, Odonata, Lestidae), Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section C, Sciences de la Terre, Paléontologie, Géologie, Minéralogie 8 4, 447-461

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

Garrouste R., Nel A. (2015) New Eocene damselflies and first Cenozoic damsel-dragonfly of the isophlebiopteran lineage (Insecta: Odonata), Zootaxa 4028, 354-366

Zheng D. R., Wang B., et al (2016) Burmadysagrioninae, a new subfamily (Odonata: Zygoptera: Dysagrionidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Cretaceous Research 67, 126-132

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

Entomologist, 40 - 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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