Gomphaeschna Selys 1871 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae

Parent taxon: Gomphaeschninae according to M. Schädel and T. S. Lechner 2017

See also Bechly et al. 2001, Carpenter 1992, Lewis 1988, Madsen and Nel 1997, Nel et al. 1994 and Pritykina 1977

Sister taxa: Alloaeschna, Allopetalia, Kishenehna, Oligoaeschna, Oplonaeschna

Subtaxa: Gomphaeschna carinthiae Gomphaeschna inferna Gomphaeschna miocenica Gomphaeschna schrankii Gomphaeschna sibirica

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), the Czech Republic (1)

• Paleocene of United States (1: North Dakota)

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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