Cordulagomphus 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: Cordulagomphinae according to G. Bechly 2010

See also Nel and Paicheler 1994

Sister taxa: Cratogomphus, Liaoninglanthus, Paracordulagomphus, Pauciphlebia

Subtaxa: Cordulagomphus (Procordulagomphus) Cordulagomphus europaeus Cordulagomphus fenestratus Cordulagomphus hanneloreae Cordulagomphus tuberculatus Cordulagomphus winkelhoferi

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (8 collections), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 9 collections including 17 occurrences

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