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Aktassiidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4799431	https://www.gbif.org/species/4799431
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	201402	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=201402

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Aktassiidae

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
-	Epiproctophora	Bechly 1996
-	Euepiproctophora	Bechly 1998
-	Anisopteromorpha	Bechly 1996
-	Trigonoptera	Bechly 1996
-	Pananisoptera	Bechly 1996
-	Neoanisoptera	Bechly 1998
suborder	Anisoptera	Selys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
-	Petalurida	Nel et al. 1998
-	Petalurodea	Bechly 1996
superfamily	Petaluroidea	Needham 1903
family	Aktassiidae	Pritykina 1968

Scientific Name

Aktassiidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Aktassiidae	family	belongs to Anisoptera	stated with evidence	Carpenter, 1992
Aktassiidae	family	belongs to Petalurida	stated with evidence	Nel et al., 1998
Aktassiidae	family	belongs to Petalurida	stated without evidence	Bechly, 2000
Aktassiidae	family	belongs to Petaluroidea	stated with evidence	Bechly, 2007

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

166 - 157 Ma
Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

125 - 113 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)

L. N. Pritykina. 1968. Strekozy Karatau (Odonata) [Dragonflies of Karatau (Odonata)]. In B. B. Rohdendorf (ed.), Yurskoy Nasekomiye Karatau [Jurassic Insects of Karatau]

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Aktassiinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	19	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pseudocymatophlebiinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	2	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Aeschnogomphus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	14	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Aktassia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pseudocymatophlebia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Sinaktassia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1968	Aktassiidae Pritykina p. 48
1992	Aktassiidae Carpenter p. 82
1998	Aktassiidae Nel et al. p. 39
2000	Aktassiidae Bechly p. 5
2007	Aktassiidae Bechly

References

Pritykina L. N. (1968) Strekozy Karatau (Odonata) [Dragonflies of Karatau (Odonata)], Yurskoy Nasekomiye Karatau [Jurassic Insects of Karatau], 26-54

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

Nel A., Bechly G., et al (1998) A revision of the fossil petalurid dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera: Petalurida), Paleontologia Lombarda 10, 1-68

Bechly G. (2000) Two new fossil dragonfly species (Insecta: Odonata: Pananisoptera: Aeschnidiidae and Atassiidae) from the Solnhofen lithographic limestones (Upper Jurassic, Germany), Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 288, 1-9

Bechly G. (2007) , Phylogenetic Systematics of Odonata

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - 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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