Cordulagomphus winkelhoferi Bechly 2007 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Proterogomphidae

Full reference: G. Bechly. 2007. Odonata: damselflies and dragonflies. The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World 184-222

Belongs to Cordulagomphus according to G. Bechly 2010

See also Bechly 2007

Sister taxa: Cordulagomphus (Procordulagomphus), Cordulagomphus europaeus, Cordulagomphus fenestratus, Cordulagomphus hanneloreae, Cordulagomphus tuberculatus

Type specimen: SMNS 66607, a hindwing (Male). Its type locality is Crato (SMNS collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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