Danowhetaksa rusti
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Cephalozygoptera |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Superfamilia: †"Sieblosioid Group"
Familia: †Whetwhetaksidae
Genus: †Danowhetaksa
Species: †Danowhetaksa rusti
Name
- Danowhetaksa rusti Simonsen T.J., Ware J., & Archibald, S.B., 2022
Type locality
- Eocene, Early Ypresian; upper 1.5 m (4.9 ft) near ash-layers -33 and -34 Stolleklint clay, Ølst Formation; Stolleklint, Fur, Denmark
Type material
- Holotype: MM-13418
- Museum Mors, Skarrehagevej 8, 7900 Nykøbing Mors, Denmark
- Collected 31 October 1993 by Henrik Madsen
- Museum Mors, Skarrehagevej 8, 7900 Nykøbing Mors, Denmark
Etymology
- "An eponym formed by the surname of the German paleoentomologist Jes Rust, whose extensive work has greatly increased our knowledge of mo-clay insects."
Distribution
Eocene
- Early Ypresian
- Stolleklint clay, Ølst Formation; Stolleklint, Fur, Denmark
References
- Simonsen T.J.; Archibald S.B.; Rasmussen J.A.; Sylvestersen R.L.; Olsen K.; Ware J. 2022. Danowhetaksa gen. nov. with two species from the early Eocene Ølst Formation from Denmark, the first Palearctic Whetwhetaksidae (Odonata: Cephalozygoptera). Zootaxa 5099(5): 586–592. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5099.5.5. PMID 35391395.