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Austroperilestes hunco

Insecta - Odonata - Austroperilestidae

Taxonomy
Austroperilestes hunco was named by Petrulevičius and Nel (2005). Its type specimen is MPEF-PI 997, a wing (wing), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Laguna del Hunco (MPEF collection), which is in a Ypresian crater lake tuff in Argentina. It is the type species of Austroperilestes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Austroperilestes hunco Petrulevičius and Nel p. 658 figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
RankNameAuthor
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
—Euzygoptera
—Lestomorpha
—Lestiformia
—Eulestiformia
familyAustroperilestidae
genusAustroperilestes
specieshunco

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Austroperilestes hunco Petrulevičius and Nel 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitino
Form: roller-shapedo
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialo
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: well-developedo
Dispersal: watero
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Ren and Guo 1996, Nowak 1991

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Argentina (Chubut) Austroperilestes hunco (type locality: 75178)