Paradysagrion sosbyae

Paradysagrion sosbyae

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

Superfamiliae: †"Sieblosioid Group"
Familiae:Incertae sedis
Genera: †Paradysagrion
Species: †Paradysagrion sosbyae

Name

†Paradysagrion sosbyae Archibald, S.B. & Cannings, R.A., 2024

Type material

• Holotype: SR 23-005-003 A&B
  • Repository: Stonerose Interpretive Center and Eocene Fossil Beds, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
    • Collector: 28 May 2023 by Emmalin Sosby

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 derived from the surname of Emmalin Sosby, who found

and donated the fossil, in recognition of her contribution. Gender, feminine."

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • 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. 
• 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. doi:10.4039/tce.2024.25. 
• 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. 

External links

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