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Aeschnidium âśť

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4798790https://www.gbif.org/species/4798790
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)179245https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=179245
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Aeschnidiidae : Aeschnidium
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
-EpiproctophoraBechly 1996
-EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
-AnisopteromorphaBechly 1996
-TrigonopteraBechly 1996
-PananisopteraBechly 1996
-NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
familyAeschnidiidaeHandlirsch 1906
genusAeschnidiumWestwood 1854
Scientific NameAeschnidium Westwood, 1854
Name Published InQuart. J. Geol. Soc., 10
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aeschnidiumgenusbelongs to Aeschnidiidaestated with evidenceHandlirsch, 1906
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance145 - 140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance145 - 140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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. Zhang. 1999. Aeschnidiid nymphs from the Jehol biota (latest Jurassic–Early Cretaceous), China, with a discussion of the family Aeschnidiidae (Insecta, Odonata). Cretaceous Research 20:813-827

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Aeschnidium antiquum âśť
species
listed (PBDB)1145 Ma
Late Jurassic
145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Aeschnidium bubas âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4145 Ma
Late Jurassic
145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Aeschnidium heishankowensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Libellula antiqua
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Neimenggolgomphus Hong, 1982GBIFgenusAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Aeschnidiidae : Neimenggolgomphus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1854Aeschnidium Westwood
1856Estemoa Giebel p. 286
1906Aeschnidium Handlirsch p. 594
1985Aeschnidium Ponomarenko p. 136
1992Aeschnidium Carpenter p. 82
1993Aeschnidium Nel and Martínez-Delclòs p. 36
1999Aeschnidium Zhang p. 813
2003Aeschnidium Fleck and Nel p. 15

References

Zhang J. (1999) Aeschnidiid nymphs from the Jehol biota (latest Jurassic–Early Cretaceous), China, with a discussion of the family Aeschnidiidae (Insecta, Odonata), Cretaceous Research 20, 813-827
Giebel C. G. Die Insecten und Spinnen der Vorwelt mit steter BerĂĽcksichtigung der lebenden Insekten und Spinnen, Die Fauna der Vorwelt 2, 1-511
Handlirsch A. (1906) Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV, Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen, 1-640
Ponomarenko A. G. (1985) Fossil insects from the Tithonian "Solnhofener Plattenkalke" in the Museum of Natural History, Vienna, Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien, A 87, 135-144
Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655
Nel A., Martínez-Delclòs X. (1993) Essai de Révision des Aeschnidioidea (Insecta, Odonata, Anisoptera), Cahiers de Paléontologie 1993, 7-99
Fleck G., Nel A. (2003) Revision of the Mesozoic family Aeschnidiidae (Odonata: Anisoptera), Zoologica 153, 1-170
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
Quart. J. Geol. Soc., 10 - 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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