Cordulagomphus europaeus Vernoux et al. 2010 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Proterogomphidae

Full reference: J. Vernoux, D. Y. Huang, and E. A. Jarzembowski and A. 2010. The Proterogomphidae: a worldwide Mesozoic family of gomphid dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphides). Cretaceous Research 31:94-100

Belongs to Cordulagomphus according to J. Vernoux et al. 2010

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

Type specimen: BMB 018649-50, a forewing. Its type locality is Auclaye Brickworks (BMB collection), which is in a Barremian lagoonal claystone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Auclaye Brickworks (BMB collection)

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