Auroradraco eos

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gomphoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Superordo: Odonatoptera Ordo: Odonata Subordo: Anisoptera Superfamilia: Gomphoidea

Familia: Gomphidae
Subfamiliae: incertae sedis
Genus: †Auroradraco
Species:†Auroradraco eos

Name

• †Auroradraco eos Archibald, S.B. & Cannings, R.A., 2019

Type locality

• Early Eocene Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; McAbee fossil beds, Tranquille Formation, Kamloops Group, British Columbia, Canada

Type material

• Holotype: TRU F-238, F-239 (part and counterpart)
  • Repository:Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Etymology

• The specific epithet is formed from Eos, dawn (Greek), from which the word Eocene is derived.

References

• Archibald, S.B. & Cannings, R.A. (2019) Fossil dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera) from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 151(6): 783–816. doi:10.4039/tce.2019.61.