†subfamily Cordulagomphinae Carle and Wighton 1990 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Proterogomphidae

Full reference: F. L. Carle and D. C. Wighton. 1990. Insects from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous, of Brazil. Chapter 3: Odonata. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 195:51-68

Parent taxon: Proterogomphidae according to G. Bechly 2010

See also Nel and Paicheler 1994

Sister taxa: Lingomphus, Proterogomphus

Subtaxa: Cordulagomphus Cratogomphus Liaoninglanthus Paracordulagomphus Pauciphlebia

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Type: Cordulagomphus

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (9 collections), China (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 11 collections including 26 occurrences

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