Geropteron arcuatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: †Geroptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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 Cladus: Palaeodonatoptera Cladus: Plesiodonatoptera Cladus: Apodonatoptera Ordo: †Geroptera

Familia: †Geropteridae
Genus: †Geropteron
Species: †Geropteron arcuatum

Name

Geropteron arcuatum Riek in Riek & Kukalová-Peck, 1984

Holotype: MLP 12885.

Type locality: Cuestita de La Herradura locality, La Rioja province, Northwest Argentina, at paleolatitude ≈ 60º. Malanzán Formation, Serpukhovian.

References

Primary references

• Riek, E.F. & Kukalová-Peck, J. 1984. A new interpretation of dragonfly wing venation based upon early Carboniferous fossils from Argentina (Insecta: Odonatoidea) and basic character states in pterygote wings. Canadian Journal of Zoology 62(6): 1150–1166. DOI: 10.1139/z84-166 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Petrulevičius, J.F. & Gutiérrez, P.R. 2016. New basal Odonatoptera (Insecta) from the lower Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) of Argentina. Arquivos Entomolóxicos 16: 341–358. PDF. Reference page.