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Mesomegaloprepidae

Insecta - Odonata - Mesomegaloprepidae

Taxonomy
Mesomegaloprepidae was named by Huang et al. (2017). Its type is Mesomegaloprepus.

It was assigned to Zygoptera by Huang et al. (2017).

Subtaxa
Cretamegaloprepus, Mesomegaloprepus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Mesomegaloprepidae Huang et al. p. 2

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
familyMesomegaloprepidae
familyMesomegaloprepidae

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.

Fm. †Mesomegaloprepidae Huang et al. 2017
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G. †Cretamegaloprepus Zheng et al. 2018
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†Cretamegaloprepus zhouae Zheng et al. 2018
G. †Mesomegaloprepus Huang et al. 2017
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†Mesomegaloprepus liae Nel et al. 2024
†Mesomegaloprepus magnificus Huang et al. 2017
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: carnivoreo
Diet 2: insectivoreo
Vision: well-developedo
Dispersal: watero
Created: 2011-03-07 03:41:10
Modified: 2011-03-06 10:41:10
Source: o = order
Reference: Ren and Guo 1996

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Cretamegaloprepus zhouae (193048) Mesomegaloprepus magnificus (123053) Mesomegaloprepus magnificus, Mesomegaloprepus liae (161726)