Paradysagrion

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: †Paradysagrion
Species: †P. sosbyae

"The genus name is formed from the Greek -para, "alongside," and Dysagrion, referring to similarities of its wings to those of that genus. Gender, neuter."

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.