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Lithagrion ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4798789https://www.gbif.org/species/4798789
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)194657https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=194657
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Megapodagrionidae : Lithagrion
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Megapodagrionidae : Lithagrion
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
-EuhydropalaeopteraSroka et al. 2014
-OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
-PalaeodonatopteraPetrulevicius and Gutiérrez 2016
-PlesiodonatopteraPetrulevicius and Gutiérrez 2016
-ApodonatopteraPetrulevicius and Gutiérrez 2016
-PaneodonatopteraNel et al. 2019
-NeodonatopteraBechly 1996
-EuodonatopteraBechly et al. 2001
-OdonatocladaBechly 1999
-NodialataBechly 1996
-DiscoidaliaBechly 1996
-StigmopteraBechly 1996
-PanodonataBechly 1996
orderOdonataFabricius 1793
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
-EuzygopteraBechly 1996
-CoenagriomorphaBechly 1996
familyMegapodagrionidae
subfamilyArgiolestinaeFraser 1960
genusLithagrionScudder 1890
Scientific NameLithagrion Scudder, 1890
Name Published InFoss. Ins. N. America, 2 (Tert. Ins.)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Lithagriongenusbelongs to Agrionidaestated with evidenceCockerell, 1907
Lithagriongenusbelongs to Megapodagrionidaestated with evidenceCarpenter, 1992
Lithagriongenusbelongs to Argiolestinaestated with evidenceNel and Paicheler, 1994
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance28.1 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentfreshwater,terrestrial (based on Odonata)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Odonata)
Visionwell-developed (based on Odonata)
Dietcarnivore, insectivore (based on Odonata)
Reproductiondispersal=water (based on Odonata)
Taphonomychitin (based on Odonata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Lithagrion elongatum ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		128.1 Ma
Oligocene		28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Lithagrion hyalinum ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		337.2 Ma
Eocene		37.2 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1890Lithagrion Scudder p. 134
1907Lithagrion Cockerell
1929Lithagrion Martynov p. 202
1992Lithagrion Carpenter p. 86
1994Lithagrion Nel and Paicheler

References

Scudder S. H. The Tertiary Insects of North America, Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII, 1-734
Cockerell T. D. A. (1907) Fossil Dragonflies from Florissant Colorado, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23, 133-139
Martynov A. V. (1929) Ob iskopayemykh nasekomykh tretichnykh otlozheniy Ashutasa, Zaisanskogo uyezda [Fossil insects from Tertiary deposits in Ashutas, Saisan District], Trudy Geologicheskogo Muzeya, Akademii Nauk SSSR 5, 173-216
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
Foss. Ins. N. America, 2 (Tert. Ins.) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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
Nomenclator Zoologicus (supplementary record created) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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
Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 6 - 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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