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Gomphides

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8327172	https://www.gbif.org/species/8327172
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	178775	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=178775

Rank

genus (GBIF)
unranked clade (PBDB)

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Anthribidae : Gomphides

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Gomphides

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
-	Euepiproctophora	Bechly 1998
-	Anisopteromorpha	Bechly 1996
-	Trigonoptera	Bechly 1996
-	Pananisoptera	Bechly 1996
-	Neoanisoptera	Bechly 1998
suborder	Anisoptera	Selys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
-	Euanisoptera	Bechly 1996
-	Exophytica	Bechly 1996
genus	Gomphides	Bechly et al. 1998

Scientific Name

Gomphides

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Gomphides	unranked clade	belongs to Exophytica	stated with evidence	Bechly, 1998

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

20 (32%)

First Recorded Appearance

168 - 166 Ma
Middle 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)

G. Bechly, A. Nel, and X. Martínez-Delclòs, G. Fleck. 1998. Four new dragonflies from the Upper Jurassic of Germany and the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia (Anisoptera: Hemeroscopidae, Sonidae, and Proterogomphidae fam. nov.). Odonatologica 27(2):149-187

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Hagenioidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)
Araripegomphidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lindeniidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Tiger Dragonfly	2	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Paraburmagomphidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gomphides balius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gomphides condensatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gomphides endroedyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gomphides major species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Desmoproctida unranked clade	listed (PBDB)		31	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1998	Gomphides Bechly p. 5
1998	Gomphides Bechly et al.
2007	Gomphides Bechly

References

Bechly G., Nel A., et al (1998) Four new dragonflies from the Upper Jurassic of Germany and the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia (Anisoptera: Hemeroscopidae, Sonidae, and Proterogomphidae fam. nov.), Odonatologica 27 2, 149-187

Bechly G. (1998) New fossil dragonflies from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of north-east Brazil (Insecta: Odonata), Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 264, 1-66

Bechly G. (2007) , Phylogenetic Systematics of Odonata

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - 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

Novit. Zool., 39 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - 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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