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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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