Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae
Full reference: G. Bechly, A. Nel, X. Martínez-Declòs, E. A. Jarzembowski, R. Coram, D. Martill, G. Fleck, F. Escuillié, M. M. Wisshak and M. Maisch. 2001. A revision and phylogenetic study of Mesozoic Aeshnoptera, with description of numerous new taxa (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). Neue Paläontologische Abhandlungen 4:1-219
Parent taxon: Gomphaeschnaoidini according to G. Bechly et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Anomalaeschna, Cretagomphaeschnaoides, Gomphaeschnaoides, Paramorbaeschna, Progomphaeschnaoides
Subtaxa: Plesigomphaeschnaoides danica Plesigomphaeschnaoides mongolensis Plesigomphaeschnaoides paleocenica Plesigomphaeschnaoides pindelskii
Type: Plesigomphaeschnaoides mongolensis
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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