Prorhyothemis Prokop et al. 2003 (common skimmer)

Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae

Full reference: J. Prokop, G. Fleck, and A. Nel. 2003. New dragonflies from the Lower Miocene (Ottnangian/Karpatian) of the Cypris Shale in western Bohemia (Odonata: Libellulidae). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 2003(9):561-576

Parent taxon: Libellulidae according to J. Prokop et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Caussanelia, Jeanlegrandia, Leucorrhininae, Libellula eusebioi, Libellula minuscula, Libellulinae, Miorhodopygia, Molertrum, Onychothemis, Oryctodiplax, Palaeolibellula, Pantaliinae, Pantalinae, Sloveniatrum, Sympetrinae, Tetrathemistinae, Trithemistinae

Subtaxa: Prorhyothemis bubiki

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Type: Prorhyothemis bubiki

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Marie Majerova mine (Miocene of Czechia)

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