Auroradraco eos

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gomphoidea 

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: Anisoptera
Superfamilia: Gomphoidea

Familia: Gomphidae
Subfamiliae: incertae sedis
Genus: †Auroradraco
Species:†Auroradraco eos

Name

Type locality

  • Early Eocene Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; McAbee fossil beds, Tranquille Formation, Kamloops Group, British Columbia, Canada

Type material

  • Holotype: TRU F-238, F-239 (part and counterpart)
    • Repository:Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Etymology

  • The specific epithet is formed from Eos, dawn (Greek), from which the word Eocene is derived.

References

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