Danowhetaksa birgitteae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cephalozygoptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: †Danowhetaksa birgitteae

Name

• Danowhetaksa birgitteae Simonsen T.J., Ware J., & Archibald, S.B., 2022

Type locality

• Eocene, Early Ypresian; Stolleklint clay, Ølst Formation; Stolleklint, Fur, Denmark

Type material

• Holotype: FUM-M-17515
  • Fur Museum, Nederby, Fur, Denmark, Denmark
    • Collected 1996

Etymology

• "An eponym formed from the given name of Birgitte Munk, who found and donated the holotype, recognising her contribution"

Distribution

Eocene

• Early Ypresian
  • Stolleklint clay, Ølst Formation; Stolleklint, Fur, Denmark

References

• Simonsen T.J.; Archibald S.B.; Rasmussen J.A.; Sylvestersen R.L.; Olsen K.; Ware J. 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.