Okanopteryx jeppesenorum

Okanopteryx jeppesenorum

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: †Okanopteryx
Species: †Okanopteryx jeppesenorum

Name

†Okanopteryx jeppesenorum Archibald, S.B. & Cannings, R.A., 2021

Type material

• Holotype: SR 13-005-013
  • Repository: Stonerose Interpretive Center and Eocene Fossil Beds, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
    • Collector: 15 July 2013 by Jackie and Tim Jeppesen

• Paratype: SR 11-43-09
  • Repository: Stonerose Interpretive Center and Eocene Fossil Beds, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
    • Collector: 15 June 2011 by Christin Gustafson

• Paratype: SR 18-002-001
  • Repository: Stonerose Interpretive Center and Eocene Fossil Beds, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
    • Collector: 18 June 2018 by Valerie Paquin

• Paratype: SR 15-003-001
  • Repository: Stonerose Interpretive Center and Eocene Fossil Beds, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
    • Collector: 30 May 2015 by Ethan Fisher

• Paratype: SR 02-32-23
  • Repository: Stonerose Interpretive Center and Eocene Fossil Beds, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
    • Collector: 6 June 2002 by Chris Engle

• Paratype: SR 19-005-002AB
  • Repository: Stonerose Interpretive Center and Eocene Fossil Beds, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
    • Collector: 13 August 2006 by Kathleen Malloch

• Paratype: SR 19-005-002 A&B
  • Repository: Stonerose Interpretive Center and Eocene Fossil Beds, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
    • Collector: 1 May 2019 by Gregg Wilson

Type locality

• Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanogan Highlands; Tom Thumb tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation; Corner Lot (A0307), Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA

Etymology

• "The specific epithet is a patronymic formed from the surname of Jackie and Tim Jeppesen, the collectors and donors of the holotype, recognising their contribution. The Latin suffix –orum indicates the genitive case of plural nouns."

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Tom Thumb tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation; "Boot Hill" (B4131), 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.