Okanagrion hobani

†Okanagrion hobani

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: †Dysagrionidae
Subfamilia: †Dysagrioninae
Genus: †Okanagrion
Species: †Okanagrion hobani

Name

†Okanagrion hobani Archibald, S.B. & Cannings, R.A., 2021

Type material

• Holotype: TRU F-1052
  • Repository: Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
    • Collector: Unknown
• Paratype: SR 11-21-33 A,B
  • Repository: Stonerose Interpretive Center and Eocene Fossil Beds, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
    • Collector: 12 June 2008 by Suzie Brazee
• Paratype: SR 02-24-14 A,B
  • Repository: Stonerose Interpretive Center and Eocene Fossil Beds, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
    • Collector: 29 August 2002 by Stonerose staff
• Paratype: SR 94-05-22A, B
  • Repository: Stonerose Interpretive Center and Eocene Fossil Beds, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
    • Collector: 15 May 1994 by Shay Hoban
• Paratype: SRUI 99-96-55A, B
  • Repository: Stonerose Interpretive Center and Eocene Fossil Beds, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
    • Collector: 28 April 2013 by Joanne West
• Holotype: TRU F-1140
  • Repository: Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
    • Collector: Unknown
• Paratype: SR 00-04-05
  • Repository: Stonerose Interpretive Center and Eocene Fossil Beds, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
    • Collector: 1 October 2000 by Janelle Bush
• Holotype: TRU F-1044
  • Repository: Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
    • Collector: Unknown
• Paratype: RBCM P1547
  • Repository: Royal British Columbia Museum, Belleville Street, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 9W2, Canada
    • Collector: John Leahy, date unknown
• Paratype: RBCM P1548
  • Repository: Royal British Columbia Museum, Belleville Street, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 9W2, Canada
    • Collector: John Leahy, date unknown

Type locality

• Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanogan Highlands; Hoodoo Face Beds, McAbee fossil site, Tranquille Formation?, Kamloops Group; east of Cache Creek, Thompson-Nicola region, British Columbia, Canada

Etymology

• "The specific epithet is a patronymic formed from the surname of Shay Hoban, the collector of the first of the specimens of this species (paratype 2) in May of 1994, recognising his contribution"

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Tranquille Formation?, Kamloops Group; Hoodoo Face Beds, McAbee fossil site, east of Cache Creek, Thompson-Nicola region, British Columbia, Canada
  • Tom Thumb tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation; "Boot Hill" (B4131), Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
  • Tom Thumb tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation; "Corner Lot" (A0307), Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA

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. 
• Ware J.; 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.