Danowhetaksa gen. nov. with two species from the early Eocene lst Formation from Denmark, the first Palearctic Whetwhetaksidae (Odonata: Cephalozygoptera)

Zootaxa. 2022 Feb 16;5099(5):586-592. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5099.5.5.

Abstract

We propose Danowhetaksa n. gen. (Odonata: Whetwhetaksidae) with two new species: D. birgitteae n. gen. et sp. and D. rusti n. gen. et sp. from the earliest Ypresian Stolleklint clay of the lst Formation in northwestern Denmark. Whetwhetaksidae has previously been known only from the Ypresian Okanagan Highlands of far-western North America, the new records are, therefore, the first from the Palearctic Region.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Fossils
  • Odonata*