Insecta - Odonata - Proterogomphidae
Full reference: G. Bechly, A. Nel, X. Martínez-Delclòs and G. Fleck. 1998. Four new dragonflies from the Upper Jurassic of Germany and the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia (Anisoptera: Hemeroscopidae, Sonidae, and Proterogomphidae fam. nov.). Odonatologica 27(2):149-187
Belongs to Proterogomphus according to G. Bechly et al. 1998
Sister taxon: Proterogomphus krauseorum
Type specimen: Dieter Kumpel 6D, an exoskeleton (Complete specimen missing one wing). Its type locality is Eichstätt, Solnhofen (Jura Museum JME and Kümpel collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Eichstätt, Solnhofen (Jura Museum JME and Kümpel collection)
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