Dysagrionites allenbyensis

†Dysagrionites allenbyensis

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: Incertae sedis
Genus: †Dysagrionites
Species: †Dysagrionites allenbyensis

Name

†Dysagrionites allenbyensis Archibald, S.B. & Cannings, R.A., 2024

Type material

• Holotype: BBM-P000020 A&B
  • Repository: Beaty Biodiversity Museum, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Collector: 2 April 2024 by Beverley Burlingame

Type locality

• Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanogan Highlands; Vermilion Bluffs Member, Allenby Formation, Princeton Group; 4 km southwest of Princeton, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada

Etymology

• "The specific epithet is a toponym referring to the Allenby Formation"

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Vermilion Bluffs Member, Allenby Formation, Princeton Group; 4 km southwest of Princeton, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada

References

• Archibald, S.B., Cannings, R.A., Erickson, R.J., Bybee, S.M. & Mathewes, R.W. 2021. The Cephalozygoptera, a new, extinct suborder of Odonata with new taxa from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America. Zootaxa 4934(1): 1–133. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4934.1.1 . Reference page. 
• Archibald, S.B. & Cannings, R.A. 2024. Three new Odonata species (cf. Cephalozygoptera and cf. Dysagrionidae) from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of British Columbia, Canada, and Washington, United States of America. The Canadian Entomologist 156(e35). doi:10.4039/tce.2024.25.  Reference page. 
• 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. 

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