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Hypsothemis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4799643	https://www.gbif.org/species/4799643
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	180357	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=180357

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Campterophlebiidae : Hypsothemis

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
-	Isophlebiida	Bechly 1996
superfamily	Isophlebioidea	Nel et al. 1993
family	Campterophlebiidae	Handlirsch 1920
genus	Hypsothemis	Pritykina 1968

Scientific Name

Hypsothemis Pritykina, 1968

Name Published In

In Rohdendorf [Ed.] [Jurassic insects of the Karatau.] Nauka, Moscow

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Hypsothemis	genus	belongs to Karatawiidae	stated with evidence	Pritykina, 1968
Hypsothemis	genus	belongs to Liassophlebiidae	stated with evidence	Whalley, 1985
Hypsothemis	genus	belongs to Karatawiidae	stated with evidence	Carpenter, 1992
Hypsothemis	genus	belongs to Campterophlebiidae	stated with evidence	Nel et al., 1993

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

197 - 190 Ma
Early Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

166 - 157 Ma
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)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Hypsothemis fraseri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	197 Ma Early Jurassic	197 Ma Early Jurassic
Hypsothemis jurassica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1968	Hypsothemis Pritykina p. 41
1985	Hypsothemis Whalley
1992	Hypsothemis Carpenter p. 76
1993	Hypsothemis Nel et al.

References

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

Whalley P. E. S. (1985) The systematics and palaeogeography of the Lower Jurassic insects of Dorset, England, Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 39 3, 107-189

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

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

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

In Rohdendorf [Ed.] [Jurassic insects of the Karatau.] Nauka, Moscow - 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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