Danowhetaksa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cephalozygoptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: †Cephalozygoptera

Superfamilia: †"Sieblosioid Group"
Familia: †Whetwhetaksidae
Genus: †Danowhetaksa
Species: †D. birgitteae – †D. rusti

Name

• Danowhetaksa Simonsen T.J., Ware J., & Archibald, S.B., 2022
  • type species: †Danowhetaksa birgitteae Simonsen T.J., Ware J., & Archibald, S.B., 2022

Etymology

• "The genus name is formed from the prefix Dano- referring to Denmark, and the suffix -whetaksa referring to the Whetwhetaksidae. Gender: feminine."

References

Primary references

• Simonsen, T.J., Archibald, S.B., Rasmussen, J.A., Sylvestersen, R.L., Olsen, K. & Ware, J.L. 2022. Danowhetaksa gen. nov. with two species from the early Eocene Ølst Formation from Denmark, the first Palearctic Whetwhetaksidae (Odonata: Cephalozygoptera). Zootaxa 5099(5): 586–592. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5099.5.5. PMID 35391395.  Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ware, J.L., Simonsen, T.J., Rasmussen, J.A. & Archibald, S.B. 2025. Systematics of the extinct suborder Cephalozygoptera (Odonata): a wing-based analysis comparing its genera with those of extant Zygoptera. American Museum Novitates 4043: 1–19. doi:10.1206/4043.1. ISSN 0003-0082.  [pdf] Reference page.