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Epiproctophora

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	178403	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=178403

Rank

unranked clade (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Epiproctophora

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

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Epiproctophora	unranked clade	belongs to Odonata	stated with evidence	Bechly et al., 2003
Epiproctophora	unranked clade	belongs to Odonata	stated without evidence	Petrulevicius and Nel, 2007

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

1,119

Extant Size (PBDB)

154 (14%)

First Recorded Appearance

237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

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)

G. Bechly. 1996. Morphologische Untersuchungen am Flügelgeäder der rezenten Libellen und deren Stammgruppenvertreter (Insecta; Pterygota; Odonata) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der phylogenetischen Systematik und des Grundplanes der Odonata. Petalura, Special-Volume 2:1-402

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Frenguelliidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Euepiproctophora unranked clade	listed (PBDB)	858	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	0 Ma Extant
Isophlebioptera ✝ unranked clade	listed (PBDB)	199	237 Ma Middle Triassic	48.6 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1996	Epiproctophora Bechly
2003	Epiproctophora Bechly et al.
2005	Epiproctophora Bechly p. 3
2007	Epiproctophora Bechly
2007	Epiproctophora Petrulevicius and Nel p. 345

References

Bechly G. (1996) Morphologische Untersuchungen am Flügelgeäder der rezenten Libellen und deren Stammgruppenvertreter (Insecta; Pterygota; Odonata) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der phylogenetischen Systematik und des Grundplanes der Odonata, Petalura, Special-Volume 2, 1-402

Bechly G., Dietl G., et al (2003) A new species of Stenophlebia (Insecta: Odonata: Stenophlebiidae) from the Nusplingen Lithographic Limestone (Upper Jurassic, SW Germany), Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 338, 1-10

Bechly G. (2005) A re-description of "Stenophlebia" casta (Insecta: Odonata: Parastenophlebiidae n. fam) from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone in Germany, Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 359, 1-12

Bechly G. (2007) , Phylogenetic Systematics of Odonata

Petrulevicius J. F., Nel A. (2007) Enigmatic and little known Odonata (Insecta) from the Paleogene of Patagonia and Northwest Argentina, Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 43 3, 341-347

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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