Eoshna thompsonensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aeshnoidea

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: Anisoptera Superfamilia: Aeshnoidea

Familia: Aeshnidae
Subfamilia:incertae sedis
Genera:†Eoshna
Species:†Eoshna thompsonensis

Name

• †Eoshna thompsonensis 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-1487
  • Repository:Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Etymology

• The specific epithet thompsonensis is formed from the name of the nearby Thompson River.

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.