Danowhetaksa rusti

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: †Danowhetaksa rusti

Name

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

Type locality

• Eocene, Early Ypresian; upper 1.5 m (4.9 ft) near ash-layers -33 and -34 Stolleklint clay, Ølst Formation; Stolleklint, Fur, Denmark

Type material

• Holotype: MM-13418
  • Museum Mors, Skarrehagevej 8, 7900 Nykøbing Mors, Denmark
    • Collected 31 October 1993 by Henrik Madsen

Etymology

• "An eponym formed by the surname of the German paleoentomologist Jes Rust, whose extensive work has greatly increased our knowledge of mo-clay insects."

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.