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Mesoepiophlebia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4799492	https://www.gbif.org/species/4799492
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	180024	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=180024

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Sphenophlebiidae : Mesoepiophlebia

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
-	Isophlebioptera	Bechly 1996
-	Parazygoptera	Bechly 1997
family	Sphenophlebiidae	Bechly 1997
genus	Mesoepiophlebia	Nel & Henrotay 1993

Scientific Name

Mesoepiophlebia Nel & Henrotay, 1993

Name Published In

in Nel, Martinez-Declos, Paicheler & Henrotay, Martinia Numero Hors-Ser 3, Juin

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Mesoepiophlebia	genus	belongs to Epiophlebiinae	stated with evidence	Nel et al., 1993
Mesoepiophlebia	genus	belongs to Sphenophlebiidae	stated with evidence	Bechly, 1997

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

183 - 182 Ma
Early Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

183 - 182 Ma
Early Jurassic

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)

A. Nel and M. Henrotay. 1993. Taxonomy; Les "Anisozygoptera" fossiles Phylogenie et classification (Odonata). Martinia 3:1-311

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Mesoepiophlebia veronicae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	183 Ma Early Jurassic	183 Ma Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1993	Mesoepiophlebia Nel and Henrotay p. 97
1993	Mesoepiophlebia Nel et al.
1996	Mesoepiophlebia Nel and Jarzembowski p. 93
1997	Mesoepiophlebia Bechly

References

Nel A., Henrotay M. (1993) Taxonomy; Les "Anisozygoptera" fossiles Phylogenie et classification (Odonata), Martinia 3, 1-311

Nel A., Martínez-Delclòs X., et al (1993) Les "Anisozygoptera" fossiles Phylogenie et classification (Odonata), Martinia 3, 1-311

Nel A., Jarzembowski E. A. (1996) Description and revison of some dragonflies (‘Anisozygoptera’) from the Lower Cretaceous of England (Odonata : Stenophlebiidae , Campterophlebiidae? , Epiophlebiidae , Euthemistidae), Cretaceous Research 17, 87-96

Bechly G. (1997) New Fossil Odonates from the Upper Triassic of Italy, with a redescription of Italophlebia gervasuttii Whalley, and a reclassification of Triassic dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata), Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "Enrico Caffi" 19, 31-70

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - 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

in Nel, Martinez-Declos, Paicheler & Henrotay, Martinia Numero Hors-Ser 3, Juin - 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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