Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae
Full reference: F. L. Carle and D. C. Wighton. 1990. Insects from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous, of Brazil. Chapter 3: Odonata. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 195:51-68
Parent taxon: Gomphaeschnaoidini according to G. Bechly 2007
See also Bechly et al. 2001 and Nel and Paicheler 1994
Sister taxa: Anomalaeschna, Cretagomphaeschnaoides, Paramorbaeschna, Plesigomphaeschnaoides, Progomphaeschnaoides
Subtaxa: Gomphaeschnaoides betoreti Gomphaeschnaoides magnus Gomphaeschnaoides obliquus Gomphaeschnaoides petersi
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections including 13 occurrences
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