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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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