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Promegalestes

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4798509https://www.gbif.org/species/4798509
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)181184https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=181184
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Promegalestes
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
-LestomorphaBechly 1996
-LestiformiaBechly 1996
-EulestiformiaBechly 1996
superfamilyLestinoideaCalvert 1901
genusPromegalestesPetrulevicius & Nel 2004
Scientific NamePromegalestes Petrulevicius & Nel, 2004
Name Published InJ Paleontol 78 (4), July
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Promegalestesgenusbelongs to Lestinoideastated with evidencePetrulevicius and Nel, 2004
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance58.7 - 55.8 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance58.7 - 55.8 Ma
Paleogene
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)J. F. Petrulevicius and A. Nel. 2004. Recognition of the first fossil lestoid damselfly in South America (Insecta: Zygoptera): biogeographic and phylogenetic remarks. Journal of Paleontology 78(4):798-801

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Promegalestes singularis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
158.7 Ma
Paleocene
58.7 Ma
Paleocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2004Promegalestes Petrulevicius and Nel p. 798

References

Petrulevicius J. F., Nel A. (2004) Recognition of the first fossil lestoid damselfly in South America (Insecta: Zygoptera): biogeographic and phylogenetic remarks, Journal of Paleontology 78 4, 798-801
J Paleontol 78 (4), July - 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
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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